Sheila Sokolowski and Robyn Shapiro Present on Legal Issues Involving Researchers at Upcoming SOCRA Conference
Sheila Sokolowski and Robyn Shapiro will be speaking on September 27th at the 2018 SOCRA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Legal Issues Involving Researchers, Including Fraud and Misconduct Traditionally research has been the one area in medicine where, other than the regulatory process, there has been […]
Overcoming Market Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 4
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and part 2 continued this discussion in terms of obstacles and solutions. In part 3, we explored exactly how clinical integration […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 3
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and part 2 continued this discussion in terms of obstacles and solutions. Now, in part 3, we’ll delve deeper into how […]
Federal Student Aid: Instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions
With the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issuance of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, the Federal Student Aid Office of the Department of Education has issued instructions for Not-for-Profit Institutions to Input Financial Statement Data into the eZ-Audit System. For more information on the updates and instructions for data entry, […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 2
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In part 1 of our series on hospital mergers, we discussed the rising trend of health system mergers, and the potential problems they create. Now, we will enumerate some of the challenges that mergers that create market concentration face, […]
It’s Time for ACOs to Properly Follow MSSP Compliance Regulations
By Mary Grace Babbo. Edited by Carol Hogan and Kathleen Salzer. Time for a Reexamination: Why ACO Compliance is Important When an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) files for renewal after their initial three-year participation agreement, CMS reviews all of the ACO’s materials to ensure that the ACO group follows all […]
Overcoming Market Power Sensitivities in Hospital Mergers: Part 1
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. The Rise of the Hospital Merger In a post-recession America, the value and scope of hospital and healthcare mergers have risen considerably. 2015 saw a large spike in the number of mergers and acquisitions, with the all-time largest valuation […]
FEDERAL STUDENT AID: The Program Review Process – A Former Fed’s Advice on what to Expect and How to Respond
If you are reading this, you are probably well aware that Federal Student Aid (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Education (Department) conducts program reviews at institutions such as yours to verify compliance with the Title IV Higher Education Act (Title IV) rules and regulations. We think it would be […]
Breaking Down the Acronyms to Understand MACRA
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. In a political climate where government initiatives for healthcare are constantly created and revised, it can be difficult and tedious to keep the acronyms and program-specific language straight – even for the physicians whose professions and patients are affected […]
Is Clinical Integration a Better Prescription than Shared Savings?
By Thomas Babbo and John Marren. Edited by Mary Grace Babbo. Despite the best efforts of accountable care organizations (ACOs) within the Medicare program and the use of shared savings models among private payers to realign the otherwise perverse incentives of the fee-for-service health care payment system, costs to consumers […]