Emily Crosby

Resistance Is Futile: CMS Gets Serious About Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By Kyle Gregory, Greg Fosheim and Emily Crosby on December 12, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

Antibiotics and similar drugs, known more broadly as antimicrobial agents, are an instrumental weapon in the healthcare armory, rendering once-lethal infections treatable, and dramatically reducing instances of sepsis and secondary infections associated with cancer chemotherapy and organ transplants. However, sub-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in livestock, over-prescription, bacterial evolution and myriad other factors have contributed … Continue Reading

Nursing Home Arbitration Ban: There’s a Line in the Sand – But the Tide May Still Come In

By Emily Crosby and Elizabeth O’Connell on November 29, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

On November 7, 2016 a federal judge in Mississippi granted a request to temporarily enjoin CMS from implementing a federal rule, scheduled to take effect November 28, 2016, banning the use of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements by federally-funded skilled nursing facilities (Rule). Despite noting the potential public policy arguments for the Rule, the court found that … Continue Reading

Come On In and Stay Awhile: IRS Expands Safe Harbors for Bond-Financed Property

By Katy Appleby, Emily Crosby and Christopher Swift on October 17, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance in Rev. Proc. 2016-44 that meaningfully expands the safe harbors pertaining to management contracts affecting bond-financed property such as professional services agreements (e.g., radiology), medical director agreements, on-call agreements, food service agreements and management services agreements. While the new framework offers clarity and increased flexibility for Section 501(c)(3) organizations in … Continue Reading