Husch Blackwell Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group

Massachusetts’ new long-term care law, signed into law in September 2024, will become effective December 5, 2024, creating additional reporting and oversight requirements for the state’s long-term care facilities. Read about the main changes that licensees and those interested in acquiring a long-term care facility should keep in mind: https://lnkd.in/gdS2HQ3X Authored by Husch Blackwell's Crystal Bloom and Rebecca Rodman. #LongTermCare #MassachusettsLaw #HealthcareCompliance

Closing a significant deal is always worth celebrating. It wouldn't be possible without an exceptional team working together. I'm especially grateful for my incredible colleague-my right hand throughout this transaction, JP Barker. I also want to recognize all the other Husch team members who contributed to the effort, including Megan Phillips, John Gramlich, Ashley Inbau, Kevin Erb, Ethan Schroeder, and Kim Kirkpatrick. A special thank you to Eric Major and Provident Healthcare Partners for their outstanding work as the investment banker. Their expertise and collaboration were instrumental in getting this deal across the finish line. Most importantly, thank you to our client for their trust in us. Their success created this opportunity, and we were honored to help achieve this milestone. Here's to collaboration and to big returns on investments. #clientsuccess #TeamHB #healthcare #mergersandacquisitions #halthelawyer

Hospices that have been audited have to decide how to address any alleged overpayment identified by the auditor, whether through a voluntary repayment, recoupment, or applying for an extended repayment schedule. CMS recently identified updates to the Medicare Financial Management Manual relating to these options. In this episode of #HospiceInsights, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss those updates which, practically speaking, do not significantly change the existing options: https://lnkd.in/dmVSgrXK #newpodcast #hospicecare

#NewPodcast Episode Alert! 🎙️ Husch Blackwell’s Rebecca Furdek joins host Jonathan Porter to discuss civil investigative demands (CIDs) and how the DOJ uses them in False Claims Act cases. Tune in to hear insights on: 🔹 When and how CIDs are issued 🔹 Strategies for companies to limit or set aside these demands 🔹 Recent litigation and when to consider a legal challenge Listen and/or read the transcript: https://lnkd.in/dVurNxzi

Is your healthcare system prepared for the latest cybersecurity challenges? Husch Blackwell's Erik Dullea and Ashton Harris JD, MHA discuss the adoption of hospital cybersecurity regulations by the New York State Department of Health. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHqpY7U5 #Cybersecurity #HIPAA #DataProtection

Featured in Law360: Husch Blackwell's Tanner Cook discusses how the recent #SCOTUS decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, ending the longstanding "Chevron deference," may offer defendants new tools to challenge False Claims Act (FCA) liability, especially regarding materiality. #FCA #FCALitigation

At the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association annual conference and the CLEs are top notch! Just had the amazing (and mildly terrifying!) opportunity to volunteer to practice a live pitch for myself and Husch Blackwell in front of a panel of in-house counsel and (what felt like) hundreds of other attorneys. Looking forward to the rest of the event! Thanks to Smitha Chintamaneni for getting picture proof, but not of me sweating bullets… #napaba24 #hbteam Husch Blackwell Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group

The #SCOTUS decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which ended the decades-old doctrine of “Chevron deference,” has opened new doors for litigants grappling with complex regulatory regimes. The end of Chevron deference could provide defendants new tools to challenge False Claims Act liability, particularly the act’s materiality provisions. Husch Blackwell's Tanner Cook shares details: https://lnkd.in/gztNTGDy #FCA #FCALitigation

#NewPodcastAlert! 🎙️ Host Jonathan Porter is joined by Husch Blackwell partner Hal Katz to discuss healthcare transactions in the context of the False Claims Act and other regulatory frameworks applicable to the healthcare industry. As evidenced by the recent torrent of state- and federal-level laws aimed at healthcare, no industry is asked by its regulators to jump through so many hoops as healthcare when it comes to acquisitions, business combinations, and joint ventures. In this episode, Jonathan and Hal explore how healthcare business leaders can approach transactions without triggering an avalanche of legal liability: https://lnkd.in/guJpK2nS

Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske teams up with long-time hospice friend and industry expert Greg Grabowski for an insightful and lively conversation. For a twist, they each brought their own list of what’s working—and what’s not—in the world of hospice today. 🎧 Tune in for candid insights, thoughtful debate, and surprises along the way: https://lnkd.in/gQw52pCF #hospicecare #hospicelaw