Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. A More Active 2024 for Hospital Mergers & Acquisitions and Ambulatory Care Networks as a Competitive Weapon? That being said, the state level merger reviews are increasing. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 30, 2023

The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act restructured the filing fee thresholds for 2023, with those changes effective February 27, 2023. Filing Required 2022 Threshold 2023 Threshold Size of Transaction Test No X ≤ $101 million X ≤ $111.4 million Size of Transaction Test AND Size of Person Test Yes $101 million < X ≤ $403.9

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Verisys

DECEMBER 22, 2021

133 also covers several other topics related to billing and directory operations not mentioned above. Now as vice president of enterprise strategic accounts at Verisys , he focuses primarily on large payers and government agencies requiring a quick turnaround driven by compliance, or merger and acquisition issues.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Any person (or officer, director or partner) who fails to notify the FTC and DOJ of a reportable transaction faces a civil penalty of $46,517 for each day of noncompliance.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

Healthcare consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions has been taking place for a number of years. The costs for EHR and other technology acquisition and maintenance are too costly for smaller hospitals, and pressures of decreased payment rates are increasing on the provider side.

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But healthcare providers haven’t been able to successfully reduce cost, even with the massive number of hospital mergers and acquisition of physician practices over the past few decades. Get the Board of Directors Involved Provide training on the topic of reimbursement and the shift to VBC. The result?

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Hall Render

JULY 12, 2023

If you have any questions, would like assistance preparing public comments, or would like additional information about this topic, please contact: Sean Fahey   at sfahey@hallrender.com or (317) 977-1472; Robert W. Under 42 CFR § 424.550(b)(1), neither a 100% ownership transfer nor a change that qualifies as a CHOW under 42 C.F.R.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

John’s Hospital provides serenity rooms for staff St. helped shape Galen College of Nursing’s culture Kentucky Association of Health Plans names 2024 officers, expands reach to improve health of all Kentucky’s registered nurse median salary ranks 38th in U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2023

John Lynn and Colin discuss which companies will show us something innovative in 2024 , along with what mergers or acquisitions they expect to see. They also debate the top topics of next year – aside from AI and workforce management, of course. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : 2024 Predictions.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 12, 2023

As a part of a broad omnibus spending bill passed by Congress, President Biden signed into law the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act on December 29, 2022. The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act includes the first changes to the merger filing fees required by the Hart‑Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR Act”) in over twenty years.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. Morgan Conference, Babylon Health gave its first ever conference presentation after going public through a SPAC merger in 2021. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference for 2022.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity. The acquisition includes the full Market Access Management Platform supporting pharma manufacturers, hub providers and pharmacies to improve patient access, speed to therapy and activation of affordability programs. Lyniate and NextGate Announce Merger Agreement.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

One of the topics I followed with keen interest this week at the J.P. Headspace Health, which is the result of the merger of Ginger and Headspace, is focused primarily on a B2B strategy of servicing employers and health plans. One other fun note on this topic. They do have a consumer business, with about 2 million paid users.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

By Glenn Schweidler - Health system acquisition of practices and medical groups has increased since 2012 with hospitals and other healthcare corporations now owning nearly half of all physicians. Most CIOs and IT teams are well-aware of the ups and downs of physician practice acquisitions.

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YouCompli

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Entire books have been written on the topic of effective workplace interviews. Your recall of the specifics will dim over time and may be completely lost due to staff turnover, merger or acquisition, or software or system changes. Then consider how to scope out and evaluate any retrospective liability that may exist.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

With legislation currently being drafted for nurses to receive the same reimbursement doctors and physicians do, this will likely become a top-of-mind topic in 2024. The recent Humana/Cigna news will be the first of many health plan mergers in 2024 as payers seek to align strategies and optimize resources.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Louis digital health startup Journeys Metabolic brings new tech to market after merger Who polices cross-market hospital mergers, like BJC’s tie-up with KC’s Saint Luke’s? medical school to revamp philanthropic efforts Sage Health opening 3 central Md. Louis SSM Health names 4 executives St.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Louis digital health startup Journeys Metabolic brings new tech to market after merger Who polices cross-market hospital mergers, like BJC’s tie-up with KC’s Saint Luke’s? medical school to revamp philanthropic efforts Sage Health opening 3 central Md. Louis SSM Health names 4 executives St.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (together, the “Agencies”) released their finalized Merger Guidelines (the “Final Guidelines”). The Final Guidelines contain updates to the draft merger guidelines (the “Proposed Guidelines”) that the Agencies released in July 2023.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Here’s what that means UNC Health Caldwell’s medical chief appointed CEO NC Medicaid expansion enrollment reached 280,000 in first weeks of program Do NC nursing homes have enough nurses? NORTH DAKOTA N.D. Penn Medicine buys Montgomeryville site for $7.5M of Health Won’t Release Details R.I. physicians group partners with Calif.

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