Category: Health Care
Information Blocking Litigation Update: Real Time v. PointClickCare
On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to Real Time Medical Systems (RTMS), a health data analytics company, to stop PointClickCare (PCC) from unlawfully restricting RTMS’s access to its electronic health record systems. In ruling […]
Keeping Your Doctors Close – Part II: Retaining Physicians
Part 1 of this series of articles by John Marren (1948-2025) and Thomas Babbo of Hogan Marren Babbo and Rose, Ltd. (“HMBR”) on the critical challenge to health systems in retaining physicians addressed where physicians are going; Part 2 focuses on why they are going. To effectively build a program […]
Keeping Your Doctors Close – Part I: A Challenge for Health Systems
This series by John Marren (1948-2025) and Thomas Babbo of the law firm Hogan, Marren, Babbo & Rose, Ltd. (“HMBR”) delves into one of the most significant challenges facing health systems in 2025: retaining a vibrant, engaged medical staff. This first part discusses today’s highly competitive environment for the acquisition […]
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING RELEASED BY OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
On January 6, 2025, the Office for Civil Rights for Health and Human Services released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [1]. This NPRM is closely related to the existing security rule requirements, and if established would impose additional requirements on Covered Entities and Business Associates to increase and harden […]
Antitrust Alert for Private Equity Physician Organizations
Private Equity Physician Practice Roll-ups: Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny Throughout 2023, private equity (PE) firms that purchase physician practices have experienced increasing scrutiny by the public health establishment, health care industry watchdogs, mainstream media reporting, and, in a development that should greatly concern PE-backed physician roll-up companies, the Federal Trade Commission […]
Client Alert: Employers Face Liability for Health Benefit Plan Management
Employers-Are you ready to be sued by your employees or unions for not complying with recent ERISA additions? Effective immediately, CAA-2021 law mandates Employers who sponsor a health plan to activate a proactive health plan fiduciary process by 12-31-23. Employers must perform specific, documented benchmarking of health plan vendors and […]
NSA Telework Security Guidelines and Video Conferencing
The COVID-19 pandemic and CARES Act have more and more providers examining telehealth as a method of delivering care during this period of reduced patient access and beyond. To facilitate the transition of certain services to telehealth, the Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced […]
Health Care Collaboration is Necessary to Re-Start the American Economy
April 19, 2020 Late last week, the White House released its plan for resuscitating the U.S. economy. Hospitals, doctors, health systems, and other health care professionals and facilities should see in this guidance – along with requirements at the state and local level – an opportunity for leadership and bold […]
HHS to Provide Immediate CARES Act Relief Funds to Hospitals and Doctors This Week
April 13, 2020 Offering immediate economic relief to hospitals, doctors, and other health care professionals and facilities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced details regarding the distribution of the first $30 billion dollars from the $100 billion dollars allocated to HHS by the CARES Act. For […]
CMS Reduces Regulatory Burdens on Hospitals to Focus Efforts on COVID-19
On April 3, 2020 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated their list of blanket waivers for regulatory provisions to ease administrative burdens on providers and recognize the realities and limitations of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have summarized the regulations relating to hospitals and hospice care here […]