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

Continue Reading How Does the U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Healthcare Reform Impact Physician-Owned Hospitals?

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

Continue Reading McGuireWoods Attorneys Discuss US Supreme Court Healthcare Reform Decision

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

Continue Reading US Supreme Court to Hear PPACA Healthcare Reform Challenge

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

Continue Reading How Effective is Your Healthcare Compliance Plan? Guidance for Healthcare Providers and Investors

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

Continue Reading 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of PPACA as Other Circuits Consider the Issue

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

Continue Reading 11th Circuit Hears Arguments in Healthcare Reform Case as the Law Faces Challenges on Other Fronts