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McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Hospital and Health Systems: Legal and Financial Trends

by | Feb 10, 2021 | , ,

Leading professionals Gary Burke (Partner, Forensics, EY), Sandy DiVarco, and Jennifer Geetter (Partners, McDermott Will & Emery), Mike J. India (Managing Director, EY-Parthenon) and Matthew Weiss, MD (EY-Parthenon Managing Director, Health care, Ernst & Young LLP) discussed critical legal, regulatory and financial trends facing hospitals and health systems with moderator, Charlie Buck (Partner, McDermott Will & Emery).

Below are the top takeaways for McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Hospital and Health System: Legal and Financial Trends, click here to access the full webinar.

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LONG TERM CHANGES TO REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS
Many regulatory requirements were relaxed in respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. There has been much discussion regarding the extent to which these restrictions will “snap back” after the end of the public health emergency, because the public health emergency has highlighted the value of certain delivery models.
“I think there is going to be streamlining in some of these regulatory structures. So when we look at what’s going to be durable, hopefully we will see changes in the process that will make it easier for hospitals and other providers to respond and to remain on top of things,” said Sandy DiVarco, Partner, McDermott Will [...]

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5 Questions with a Health Lawyer: Christopher M. Olson

by | Jan 29, 2021 |

Christopher M. Olson
Practice Focus Area: Health – Transactions
Office: Los Angeles
Years at Firm: 7

What is your favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott?
My favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott is meeting and working with the top individuals in the healthcare industry. Both the clients and the McDermott attorneys are at the forefront of the healthcare industry. The projects that come across my desk are complex and often address the most pressing issues for clients. Working with top attorneys to devise innovative solutions to these challenges is my favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott.

What is the biggest opportunity and greatest challenge facing clients in your area of focus today?
One of the greatest challenges facing hospitals and health systems in California is determining if a sale or joint venture is in their best interests. The California Attorney General has recently taken a more proactive approach when reviewing non-profit hospital transactions in California, making it more difficult to ascertain the effects of a transaction. In addition to imposing generally expected conditions such as requiring certain annual levels of charity care or that hospital service lines remain open for 10 years post-closing, the California Attorney General recently imposed a number of competitive impact conditions that limit how the target hospital can integrate with the acquiring hospital post-closing. These competitive impact conditions include requiring [...]

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McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Hospital and Health System CEO Panel: Strategic Business Priorities

by | Jan 29, 2021 | ,

Our panel included a discussion on what is ahead for 2021 and how the challenges of COVID-19 will lead to lasting changes for hospitals and health systems, with Lloyd Dean (CEO, CommonSpirit), Melinda Estes, MD (President and CEO, St. Luke’s Health System) and Jaewon Ryu, MD (President and CEO, Geisinger). These top healthcare leaders discussed the short- and long-term impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and health systems and their strategic business priorities in 2021 and beyond with moderator Kerrin Slattery (Partner, McDermott Will & Emery).

Below are the top takeaways for McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Hospital and Health System CEO Panel: Strategic Business Priorities, click here to access the full webinar.

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HOW 2020 PRIORITIES WILL SUSTAIN AND PROVE HELPFUL IN 2021 AND BEYOND
For hospitals and health systems, 2020 began and was primarily focused on issues like cost and payment models, Medicaid expansion and the wellbeing of clinical providers, including physicians, where statistics cite 40% are burned out. SinceCOVID-19, hospitals instantly pivoted to healing their communities and their staff, as well as rejuvenating the delivery system. “I was very pleased to chair a task force on COVID-19 pathways to recovery that produced a dynamic document [...]

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McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Digital Health Pioneers Forum

by | Jan 28, 2021 | ,

 

 

Top industry executives BJ Moore, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health; Dr. Ali Parsa, Chief Executive Officer, Babylon Health; and Lucia Savage, Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer, Omada Health, discussed the evolving doctor-patient relationship and the digitized data and technology convergence with healthcare delivery and payment along with moderators Dale C. Van Demark, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery; Rachel S. Hall, Partner, Digital Health Leader, EY; Stephen W. Bernstein, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery; and Lisa Schmitz Mazur, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery. They also provided insight into 2021’s regulatory considerations affecting healthcare innovation and its solutions.

Below are the top takeaways for McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Digital Health Pioneers Forum, click here to access the full webinar.

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CARE OF THE FUTURE
We are only seeing the beginning of the decentralization of care through information technology; but that shift is how scalable solutions to our health care challenges will develop. “Care delivery at home, where we can send patients home and remotely monitor them—eventually that will evolve to things like wearables -IoT devices- that we may have in our clinical settings. We’re seeing the [...]

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McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Election and Policy Implications: Healthcare Regulatory and Policy Outlook with the New Administration

by | Jan 28, 2021 | ,

The 2020 election gave Democrats the White House and control of both houses of Congress-an eleven seat majority in the House and Representatives, and a 50/50 split in the Senate with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris available to break ties. This change in the political landscape will lead to shifts in the health policy and regulatory agenda.

The panel, featuring Eric Zimmerman, McDermott Global Health Practice Lead; Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director, Farragut Square Group; Mara McDermott, Vice President, McDermott+Consulting; Heather Meade, Principal, Health Care Policy, Washington Council Ernst & Young; and Thomas Scully, General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe, discussed advice for investors as change comes to Washington.

Below are the top takeaways for McDermott Will & Emery and EY during the 2021 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Election and Policy Implications: Healthcare Regulatory and Policy Outlook with the New Administration, click here to access the full webinar.

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THE TRANSITION
President Biden was sworn in on January 20, 2021, and one of his first orders of business has been confirming new cabinet officials. Some key officials, such as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, were easily confirmed in a bipartisan vote. However, others- like the nominee for Secretary of [...]

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Five Questions with a Health Lawyer: Justin P. Aiello

by | Jan 21, 2021 |

Justin P. Aiello
Practice Focus Area: Healthcare M&A
Office: Miami
Years at Firm: 7

What is your favorite part about practicing healthcare law at McDermott?
The wealth of knowledge maintained by our more than 120 attorneys who are dedicated to practicing healthcare law. Healthcare law comprises dozens of subspecialties and most of our client matters require a broad understanding of multiple subspecialties to provide exceptional advice. No single person can be knowledgeable in every subspecialty. It is our group’s collective practice, in nearly every healthcare subspecialty, that enables our attorneys to provide comprehensive, seamless advice regarding our clients’ healthcare investments.

What is the biggest opportunity and greatest challenge facing clients in your area of focus today?
The biggest opportunity still seems to be consolidation—perhaps the simplest and most reliable investment thesis. Despite all of the consolidation in the healthcare industry over the last couple of decades, the physician practice space remains highly fragmented with ample opportunity for gaining competitive advantages and cost savings through scale while still delivering excellent patient care. The biggest challenge (and perhaps also an opportunity) may come with the shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement and its potential impact on the financial modeling on which many investment decisions have been based.

What kind of client work gets you most excited when it comes across your desk?
I enjoy representing our private equity clients in their initial platform investments in physician practice [...]

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Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium: As the Dust Settles: Post-Election Update and Impact on the Life Sciences Industry

by | Dec 11, 2020 | ,

How will the election affect life sciences in 2021 and beyond? What’s ahead for the regulatory and policy environment? In this session, our elite group of policy analysts reviewed the election results and the far-reaching effects for dealmakers, executives and investors.

Eric Zimmerman, global head of McDermott’s Health Industry Advisory Practice Group, moderated this discussion that featured insights from Susan Van Meter, executive director at AdvaMedDx; Rodney Whitlock, PhD, vice president at McDermott+Consulting; and Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group.

Below are the top takeaways for Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium: As the Dust Settles: Post-Election Update and Impact on the Life Sciences Industry, click here to access the full webinar.

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President-Elect Biden’s legislative experience likely will help him reach across the aisle and engage with Republican congressional leadership to advance policy goals. “Biden spent his whole career on the Hill before he became vice
president, so he really understands how his colleagues tick, and he particularly understands the process of how the Hill makes sausage,” Mr. Fortune said. “That’s something that you can’t really say about either President Obama or President Trump. So, not surprisingly, you saw that when they had all the majorities lined up in their favor, they could move stuff, but when they didn’t, it became a little harder.”

With only a narrow projected majority in the US House of Representatives, Democrats will need to work together more effectively and reach [...]

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Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium: New Factors in the Mix: Diligence in the Time of COVID-19

by | Dec 11, 2020 | ,

Navigating the ever-changing global life sciences deal landscape has become more challenging in the post-pandemic world. Conducting virtual inspections and examining security and privacy risks for remote working and new operating procedures will be central to evaluating current and future collaboration partners and targets. Thinking quickly yet carefully is essential for successfully adapting to this new normal. This panel explored the critical issues that executives and investors should watch out for in a post-COVID-19 world.

McDermott partner Michael Siekman moderated this discussion featuring Tom Brida, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Invitae; Dr. Anna French, partner at Qiming Venture Partners; Chuck Wilson, president and CEO of Cogent Biosciences; McDermott attorney Jennifer Bock; and Laura Jehl, global head of McDermott’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group.

Below are the top takeaways for Life Sciences Dealmaking Symposium: New Factors in the Mix: Diligence in the Time of COVID-19, click here to access the full webinar.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dealmakers to conduct due diligence virtually, using tools such as videoconferencing and virtual data rooms more than ever before. In some ways, this shift has actually made the due diligence process more efficient, the panel observed. With the complications of travel replaced with the convenience of videoconferencing, some aspects of the process are moving along more quickly than before the pandemic shutdown.

Despite increased efficiencies, lack of in-person interactions may impact deal pipelines long-term as investors move from doing deals [...]

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Hospital and Health System Innovation Summit: Lessons Learned: Diligence, Detours and Data, Oh My

by | Nov 20, 2020 | ,

Industry leaders shared first-hand lessons learned from their work on recent innovation related projects. We covered a range of case studies, highlighting lessons learned around mission alignment, conflicts of interest, diligence considerations, data ownership and de-identification, and strategies for protecting a minority investor.

Below are the top takeaways for Hospital and Health System Innovation Summit: Lessons Learned: Diligence, Detours and Data, Oh My, click here to access the full webinar.

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Mission Alignment
It is essential for a hospital and health systems to adopt a formal innovation strategic
plan that aligns with its overall strategic mission and vision and clearly articulates it
specific innovation goals and prioritizes focus areas. Hospital and health systems
pursue innovation initiatives largely to support the clinical mission and drive revenue
growth and diversification. “I think that alignment with the strategic mission of the
organization is key because that really drives and helps shape the culture of innovation
as an organization. We define innovation in terms of in three buckets, the research
based, hospital based and external or open innovation,” said Kolaleh Eskandanian,
Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Children’s National. “So research based
is the traditional model of [...]

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Hospital and Health System Innovation Summit: Nuts And Bolts: How to Invest in Innovation

by | Nov 20, 2020 | ,

There has been increased interest by hospitals and health systems in creating innovation centers and making innovation center investments, which are helping to transform the healthcare landscape. As they enter this space, hospitals and health systems must first decide how to organize to capitalize on and commercialize innovation opportunities to get innovations into the routine of patient care.

Joined by leaders from Health Innovation Strategies and Winter Street Ventures/Commonwealth Care Alliance, we discussed the fundamental types of investment structures from the health system perspective, including types of vehicles used by health systems, tips for aligning investment priorities with the health system mission, and collaborations with third parties to accelerate innovation.

Below are the top takeaways for Hospital and Health System Innovation Summit: Nuts And Bolts: How to Invest in Innovation, click here to access the full webinar.

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There are many options for structuring an innovation center and there is no one-size-fits-all model.
Innovation centers are often custom-built around the organization’s needs and with the input hospitals and health systems receive from their clinicians, board, patients, and community. Determining what innovation model to pursue involves weighing the amount of financial risk the entity will take on, the complexity of the venture, and the expertise available to guide [...]

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