The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Hospital Consolidation Thursday, September 16, 2010 Noon – 1 p.m. (ET) | 11 a.m. – Noon (CT) | 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (PT) Complimentary Webinar Please join McGuireWoods and Juniper Advisory for an interactive webinar that will examine the impact of healthcare reform on hospital consolidation. The panel [...]

2010 North Carolina Healthcare Provider Conference and Post-Acute & Senior Care Conference FULL AGENDA NOW AVAILABLE October 7 – 8, 2010 The Westin Charlotte 601 South College Street Charlotte, North Carolina The uncertainty surrounding the impact of healthcare reform requires providers to reexamine business models and attendant legal issues. McGuireWoods is hosting a two-day conference [...]

Several of our colleagues have collaborated to draft a short piece on the impact of healthcare reform on hospitals and health systems. Their contact information is at the bottom of this post. You can see a full length copy of the article here. Also, a brief summary of the article is below: On March 23, [...]

A recent Business Week article prominently featured Providence Regional Medical Center in Everrett, Washington, praising the hospital for its ability to cut costs while improving quality. The article did a very job of providing context for the cost challenges facing hospitals along with an overview of some of Providence’s initiatives that produced excellent results. Following [...]

On December 28, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a HIPAA Security Guidance due to a high number of recent data security problems with laptops, mobile data storage devices and portable email devices. The Guidance groups the risks associated with remote access and offsite use of electronic protected health information (EPHI) [...]