Legal Update for Rural Hospitals

This session analyzed the impacts of the changes that were enacted to the payor programs under the One Big Beautiful Bill, compliance audits proposed by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the recent federal enforcement activities related to healthcare.   The discussion focused upon educating the Hospital leaders on the changing regulations, operational impacts and the proposed compliance safeguards to support compliance with applicable laws.  The presentation also reviewed the process for the Rural Health Transformation Program and the potential programs that may be offered in the State of Georgia.