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Health Law Diagnosed: Final Rules Amending the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law Regulations: Part 1

At the end of 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued final rules modifying and expanding upon the regulatory safe harbors and exceptions to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, respectively. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Mintz’s Karen Lovitch and Rachel Yount examine the changes to the Anti-Kickback safe harbors, and how they advance the government’s efforts to promote value-based care and reduce the regulatory burdens that impede care coordination.

SPAC Chat: Busting Common Myths about SPACs

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are taking over Wall Street as more and more companies are taking advantage of this alternative IPO strategy. However, SPACs didn’t always have the best reputation, with many analysts warning against their growing popularity. Grab a cup of coffee and listen as leading SPAC attorneys from Mintz discuss and debunk the four most common myths about these transactions.

Tom Burton, Jeff Schultz, and Sa Surmeli have handled some of the hottest multibillion-dollar SPACs this season, including XL Fleet, Butterfly Network, and Canaccord Genuity’s Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. Listen to them bust the following most common myths about SPACs:

1. SPAC is a four-letter word.
2. SPACs are the same as IPOs.
3. SPACs are faster and cheaper than traditional IPOs.
4. SPACs only enrich sponsors at the expense of others.

MintzEdge Entrepreneur Perspective: Carl Dumesle of HUGS on Launching a Start-Up as a Student

In this podcast, Sebastian Lucier speaks with Carl Dumesle, one of the winners of the USD School of Business Fowler Business Concept Challenge, about the experiences of launching a company as a student and engaging with academic institution resources available to student entrepreneurs.

Health Law Diagnosed: Bioethical Considerations in a Pandemic

Mounting anxiety over how to control the spread of infectious disease outbreaks encourages public and political discourse of bioethics. In the third episode of Mintz’s Health Law Diagnosed, Mintz’s Bridgette Keller talks about the legal, public health, and bioethics concerns inherent in a global pandemic, including allocating scarce medical resources such as COVID-19 vaccine, and how the greatest challenge to vaccine distribution may be the public’s hesitancy.

Health Law Diagnosed: Confronting Racial Disparities in Health Care: How Providers Can Drive Change

Despite dramatic improvements in the overall health of the population, racial and ethnic disparities in health and in our health care delivery system persist. In the second episode of Mintz’s Health Law Diagnosed, Dr. Tom Sequist of Mass General Brigham speaks to Mintz’s Brent Henry about what health care providers can do to help break down the barriers that perpetuate our country’s health care inequalities.

Health Law Diagnosed: HIPAA Compliance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

In the inaugural episode of Mintz’s Health Law Diagnosed, Dianne Bourque (Member, Mintz Health Law Practice) discusses why HIPAA is so engrained in our collective consciousness, how it was already equipped to handle public health emergencies, and the important changes made over the last several months to address the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

MintzEdge Entrepreneur Perspective: Building a Point of Care Medical Diagnostic Co. During COVID-19

In this podcast, Lonnie Adelman, founder and president of iAssay, Inc., a point of care medical diagnostic company, explains how he started and built his company, the benefits to medical professionals of his cloud-connected technology, the applications that help in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges he faced in fundraising.

MintzEdge Entrepreneur Perspective: Craitor’s Eric Shnell on Building a Successful 3D Printer Co.

In this podcast, Eric Shnell, the founder of Craitor, developer of a ruggedized 3D printer for military use, discusses how he founded and funded his company while a student at UC San Diego and how the innovative UC San Diego Accelerator Program known as “The Basement” helped Craitor build its team, develop and build its prototype, and raise initial grant monies.