Category: General

Proposed CMS Rule Ramps Up Potential Medicare Fraud Administrative Remedies

On July 6, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed a rule that would expand its administrative remedies to combat potential fraud. The proposed rule is the latest in a round of administrative actions that signal CMS’s intent to aggressively pursue allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud and heighten the risk of fraud enforcement...

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...

Iowa Fetal Heartbeat Law to Go Into Effect on July 29, 2024

Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law, House File 732, which was signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds in 2023, will go into effect on Monday, July 29, 2024. This blog post gives a brief background and summary to help hospitals and providers understand their obligations under the law. The fetal heartbeat law has been temporarily enjoined...

Indiana Notification of Health Care Transactions Law Takes Effect

On July 1, 2024, Indiana’s new health care transactions notification law takes effect.[1] The law is designed to increase government oversight of mergers and acquisitions involving health care entities. Indiana joins a growing number of states that have passed similar legislation implementing notice requirements and increasing antitrust evaluations for certain health care transactions.[2] The following...

Developments in Mental Health Parity Litigation

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 Nicholas J. Pappas...

Significant New Healthcare Privacy and Cybersecurity Developments

As the federal government continues to take action in response to events impacting the healthcare landscape, stakeholders must ensure that they are staying up-to-date with health information privacy and security developments in the healthcare industry. This blog post summarizes two recent significant actions: a new HIPAA final rule and proposed federal cybersecurity legislation. New HIPAA...