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Navigating the New Era of Healthcare AI: Key Insights from Sheppard’s Inaugural Healthy AI Forum

On April 16, 2026, Sheppard’s Healthy AI team, led by Chicago partner Carolyn Metnick, hosted its inaugural Healthy AI Forum, bringing together healthcare leaders and industry stakeholders to explore current regulatory, governance, and operational considerations surrounding healthcare AI. Panelists and attendees engaged in thoughtful discussions about how healthcare organizations can responsibly evaluate, govern, and deploy […]

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Maine Health Care Transactions: New State Approvals Involving Some Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and MSOs

On April 13, 2026, Governor Janet Mills signed H.P. 1480 / L.D. 2201 (the Act), giving the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) approval authority over certain health care transactions involving private equity companies, hedge funds, and certain management services organizations (MSOs) connected to private equity or hedge fund ownership. The Act

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On Capitol Hill, Health System CEOs Agree to ‘Rational Reworking’ of Site-Neutral Payments

Health system CEOs faced an airing of grievances from House Ways and Means Committee members over rising healthcare costs and policies several Republican members said have placed their organizations on an uneven competitive playing field. The more than four-hour hearing was in many ways a rehash of the session held by a separate House subcommittee

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Select Medical Clears Antitrust Hurdle for WCAS Buyout Deal

Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE:SEM) announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act expired for its proposed acquisition by an investment fund affiliated with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. The waiting period ended at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 27, 2026, according to a press release statement. A wholly owned subsidiary

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Florida Delays Children’s Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises

In 2023, Florida lawmakers unanimously approved expanding KidCare to close the gaps for families, raising the eligibility threshold so that coverage would extend to more than 40,000 children. But the expanded coverage has not taken effect – even after it was approved by federal regulators following a federal lawsuit – because the administration of Florida

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Tennessee Lawmakers Continue to Rewrite State’s Certificate-of-Need Framework

Tennessee lawmakers are advancing another rewrite of the state’s Certificate-of-Need (CON) framework, though this time the effort is aimed mostly at hospitals and hospital-adjacent services rather than ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) directly. House Bill 0819 and Senate Bill 1369 would remove CON requirements for acute care hospitals, satellite emergency departments and cardiac catheterization services. As

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CMS Asks States to Submit Medicaid Provider Revalidation Strategies, Increase Oversight

In the latest effort to stop healthcare fraud, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, on Thursday formally asked state Medicaid directors to develop and submit two-year provider revalidation strategies. Such strategies should include descriptions of how their respective state ensures the accuracy of provider enrollment data through revalidation and other approaches.

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CMS, FDA Unveil Speedier Medicare Coverage Pathway for Breakthrough Devices

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration have unveiled a new pathway to speed up Medicare coverage for certain breakthrough medical devices. The pathway, called the Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device, or RAPID, allows the two health agencies to work together, and with companies, during the device

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USAP Reaches Agreement in Principle with Federal Trade Commission

U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (USAP) announces that it has reached an agreement in principle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that, if finalized, would resolve the case brought by the FTC against USAP in Texas in September 2023. USAP Physician and Board Chairman Scott Holliday, DO, MBA, said that while USAP believes it has strong

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