We have discussed in several prior posts the lawsuit challenging Section 6001 of the healthcare reform law (the Affordable Care Act, or the ACA) lead by Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (TSJH) and Physician Hospitals of America on behalf of the physician-owned hospital
McGuireWoods Attorneys Discuss US Supreme Court Healthcare Reform Decision
Just minutes and hours after the US Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision regarding the constitutionality of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) on June 28th, commentators in all walks of life scrambled to offer their insights…
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Trial
From March 26 through 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the multi-state challenge to the 2010 healthcare reform law known as Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Our McGuireWoods colleagues published a…
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U.S. Supreme Court Begins Much-Anticipated Oral Arguments re Healthcare Reform
It is virtually impossible to turn on a TV, radio or podcast . . . or pick up a newspaper or peruse the internet . . . without hearing that the U.S. Supreme Court today began three days of potentially…
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US Supreme Court to Hear PPACA Healthcare Reform Challenge
The Supreme Court announced earlier this week that it would rule on challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), President Obama’s healthcare reform law. After four Federal Courts of Appeal had reached conflicting conclusions on the constitutionality of all …
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How Effective is Your Healthcare Compliance Plan? Guidance for Healthcare Providers and Investors
We have discussed in prior posts the unique regulatory enforcement climate that providers and investors currently find themselves. It is critical that anyone contemplating investment in a healthcare business not only understand the regulatory risks and pressures of that industry but carefully review …
6th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of PPACA as Other Circuits Consider the Issue
This week, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate portion of the healthcare reform law, the ACA (also known as PPACA). In this first decision from a Federal Court of Appeals on the …
The Medicaid Budget Crunch & Its Impact on Healthcare Investing: Part II
Healthcare providers are often the first to feel the effects of Medicaid funding shortfalls. Economic turmoil, federal law and political pressures leave states few options but to slash the rates they pay to providers or take other actions regarding …
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11th Circuit Hears Arguments in Healthcare Reform Case as the Law Faces Challenges on Other Fronts
Last week a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit heard arguments in the 26-state lawsuit challenging the healthcare reform law, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka PPACA or The Affordable Care Act or even the ACA to add …
Presidential Hopefuls Begin to Define Their Healthcare Positions
As the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals considers the constitutionality of the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (aka PPACA, or healthcare reform) and various GOP healthcare bills are deliberated, the healthcare plan spearheaded by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan …
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