In attempt to deliver more effective and affordable care, Oracle, Cleveland Clinic, and G42 have announced a strategic partnership that will build a global AI-powered healthcare platform (see news release here).
Per the news release published by Cleveland Clinic, the platform will: (i) deliver an AI-driven healthcare infrastructure rooted in data privacy, clinical quality…
Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Adam Appleberry co-authored an insightful article, 2025 Medicare Final Rule Highlights, featured in the December 2024 issue of the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) Bulletin. The article explores the key updates to Medicare regulations and their implications for healthcare providers.
Click here to access the ACMS Bulletin to read…
This is a last in a series of client alerts and blog posts we’ve issued over the last year designed to inform you of the new Federal and Pennsylvania corporate reporting obligations.
ALERT: The U.S. District Court E.D. Texas has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the reporting rules below.
Federal
The financial…
In a continuation of the saga surrounding the FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements for for-profit businesses, on August 20, 2024, a ruling from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down the FTC’s final rule. In the Texas court’s ruling, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown stated that the FTC’s authority…
The Press has announced that the Merger Agreement between UPMC and Washington Health System was approved by the Pennsylvania Attorney General with certain conditions, one of which was that UPMC would honor existing employment contracts and not impose restrictive covenants or non-compete agreements more restrictive than those that currently exist.
We will be researching that…
“On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group was the victim of the most significant cyberattack on the US healthcare system in American history. Change Healthcare is the predominant source of more than 100 critical functions that keep the healthcare system operating.”
–American Hospital Association Letter March 4, 2024
This hack…
Penn State Health has agreed to pay $11,712,336 to settle allegations of civil liability from submitting improper claims to Medicare for Annual Wellness Visit services.
Penn State Health has voluntarily disclosed that between December 2015 and November 2022 claims were submitted to Medicare for Annual Wellness Visit services that were not…
In furtherance of the National Cybersecurity Strategy announced March 2023, HHS has released an Introduction to the Strategy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity. Click here for the PDF.
When negotiating physician compensation issues, hospitals frequently rely upon the premise they must pay fair market value compensation in order to comply with the provisions of the Stark Act prohibiting referrals in exchange for compensation, and sometimes non-profit inurement issues.
Although the prohibitions are clear, determining what constitutes fair market value is often not. Provisions…
