Sunday, October 11, 2026 - Updated Daily
Sunday, October 11, 2026 - Updated Daily
My last post covered the legislative activity (Congress) concerning private equity’s role and investment in healthcare, particularly physician practices and hospitals https://rhislop3.com/legislation-restricting-pe-role-in-healthcare/ . Aside from legislation, a myriad of federal agencies are equally engaged. Federal…
Private equity investment and ownership in healthcare businesses has been a frequent topic in the news, with coverage largely focusing on negative aspects of private equity’s involvement and engagement in this sector. Recent Legal and…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a False Claims Act lawsuit on April 4, 2025, against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, Dr. Ameet Vohra, and VHS Holdings, P.A., in the U.S. District Court for…
This is part three of the series of posts on hospice and home health fraud. Parts one and two can be accessed below. https://rhislop3.com/medicare-hospice-and-home-health-fraud-part-1/ https://rhislop3.com/medicare-hospice-and-home-health-fraud-part-2/ Recent Cases and Settlements in Medicare Fraud High-Profile Hospice Fraud…
A Colorado federal judge last Wednesday certified a class of stockholders in a securities suit against InnovAge (https://www.innovage.com/) alleging the senior health care company made misleading statements in its initial public offering that later caused…
It has been a busy week and next week is a holiday week (Thanksgiving) so of course, a shortened news and work week. That said, there is a lot going on right now and for…
This case caught my attention back in March as it raises issues that I commonly hear about namely, staffing agency costs and possible abuses in terms of actual time worked v. time billed by the…
As anticipated, litigation has started via various sources, in Federal courts, challenging CMS’ SNF “staffing mandate”. For specifics on the mandate and actual text, go here: https://rhislop3.com/2024/04/23/cms-final-snf-staffing-rule/ A big impetus behind the legal challenges to…
On September 30, US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle from the Middle District of Florida ruled in a landmark decision that the qui tam provision of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional. This…
Marsh (largest insurance broker in the world) recently released its 2024 General and Professional Liability Report 2024-General-Professional-Liability-Benchmark-Report-MAR-USA. The report includes data from fifty senior living and long-term care providers comprising 10,300 closed claims with paid…
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