What Walmart Health's Shutdown May Mean For Retail Clinics
Healthcare Attys Turn Attention To Material Adverse Change
'Global' Budgets May Fix Hospital Spending. Will States Try It?
What Walmart Health's Shutdown May Mean For Retail Clinics
In the wake of major closure announcements by Walgreens and Walmart, some experts see signs of a larger retreat in brick-and-mortar healthcare clinics as retailers are buffeted by high overhead fees, failed expansion plans and complex business models.
Healthcare Attys Turn Attention To Material Adverse Change
Life sciences companies are focusing on a specific clause in M&A contracts to prevent unexpected disruptions from tanking deals, according to attorneys working on transactions in the healthcare industry.
'Global' Budgets May Fix Hospital Spending. Will States Try It?
An ambitious experiment is underway that could shake up healthcare spending by moving providers away from a traditional fee-for-service model in favor of "global" hospital budgets. But with deadlines looming, the voluntary, "total cost of care" model can't deliver without state buy-in.
Expert Analysis
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A team of attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is representing Steward Health Care System LLC as the embattled hospital operator navigates Chapter 11 in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt.
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A Texas company that coordinates healthcare for chronically ill patients should not be barred from claiming tax-exempt status, it told the Fifth Circuit on Monday, arguing that the U.S. Tax Court applied an in... (more story)
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. and KKR announced on Monday that the two have entered a joint venture to own and invest in quality medical outpatient buildings, in a deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Simpso... (more story)
Embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt, blaming rising costs and falling government reimbursement rates.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's newly claimed authority over lab-developed tests will leave untold numbers of unregulated — and in some cases, inaccurate or otherwise faulty — tests in the hands of clinicians.
An attorney who worked in-house for healthcare industry trade and advocacy associations has joined healthcare boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC as director of government relations and public policy.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is calling for antitrust enforcers to investigate concerns that MultiPlan and other healthcare data companies are hurting competition by helping health insurers effectively collude... (more story)
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Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. reached a deal to end a lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully refusing to pay out long-term disability benefits for a patient suffering lasting effects from a COVID-19 infe... (more story)
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The U.S. Department of Justice has been busy over the past week settling a variety of False Claims Act claims as well as a case against a pharmaceutical company for allegedly violating the Food, Drug and Cosme... (more story)
A Ninth Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with an Idaho law that makes it a criminal offense to help minors travel out of state to receive abortions without parental permission, with one judge struggling to under... (more story)