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Weighing Risks and Rewards in Health Care Financing
The United States spends $1.4 trillion on health care annually, translating to the potential for $300 billion in health care financing. Those are numbers that deserve more than a passing glance. However, according to a recent survey of U.S. health care leasing published by R. S. Carmichael & Co. and the Equipment Leasing Association (“ELA”), Healthcare Equipment Leasing, 2003 U.S. Market Dynamics and Outlook, only 10 companies controlled 85% of this sector.
There is a good reason for this concentration of financing players within the industry: Health care leasing is a highly specialized niche requiring not only asset-specific expertise but also knowledge about changing federal regulations, third-party insurance policies and physician reimbursement practices, medical malpractice coverage, as well as medical practices and treatment applications themselves. Health care is a complex sector of the leasing market that is really composed of multiple submarkets. Entrants therefore must be able to handle the submarket niche they have chosen and have unique equipment knowledge to set realistic residuals and manage the end-of-term phase of the often highly specialized equipment associated with health care.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.