Dorsey Health Law Blog

Oregon Expands Prohibition on the Corporate Practice of Medicine, Severely Restricting Management Services Organizations

On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor, Tina Kotek, signed SB 951[1] into law, making Oregon’s “corporate practice of medicine” doctrine one of the country’s most restrictive. SB 951 places numerous restrictions on the relationships between management services organizations and clinician practices, which will impact many of the written arrangements and techniques that management services organizations...

Department of Justice Launches “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” to Target DEI Through False Claims Act

The Dorsey Health Law blog team keeps readers up-to-date on relevant topics in the health care industry. In order to do so, the members of the blog team communicate regularly with other practice groups within the firm for applicable updates from client publications. For this post, we would like to thank Dorsey’s Christopher DeLong, Alex...

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim)

The Dorsey Health Law blog team keeps readers up-to-date on relevant topics in the health care industry. In order to do so, the members of the blog team communicate regularly with other practice groups within the firm for applicable updates from client publications. For this post, we would like to thank Dorsey’s Alex Hontos, Chris...

Federal Grant and Loan “Temporary Pause” to Have a Significant Impact on the Health Care Industry

UPDATE – January 29, 2025: The Trump Administration rescinded the OMB memorandum ordering the federal grant and loan pause on January 29, 2025.   UPDATE – January 28, 2025: The federal grant and loan pause described in this blog post has been temporarily enjoined by a U.S. District Court until February 3, 2025 for funds...

ICE in your Healthcare Facility? No Need to Freeze

For over a decade, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) were instructed pursuant to official policies to refrain from conducting law enforcement actions in or near various “sensitive locations” or “protected areas,” such as healthcare facilities, schools, and churches. Exceptions existed in the policies for exigent circumstances, such as when the enforcement action...