Healthcare Laws definition

Healthcare Laws means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority with respect to regulatory matters primarily relating to patient healthcare, healthcare providers and healthcare services (including without limitation Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7(b) (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the "Federal Anti-Kickback Statute," and the Social Security Act, as amended, Section 1877, 42 U.S.C. Section 1395nn (Prohibition Against Certain Referrals), commonly referred to as "Xxxxx Statute").
Healthcare Laws has the meaning provided in Section 5.19(a).
Healthcare Laws means all Laws of any Jurisdiction relating to the governance or provision of healthcare services or the operation of healthcare facilities, and any rules and regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, any Laws, rules and regulations relating to obtaining or the maintenance of certificates of need, licenses, permits, authorizations, certificates, and the unauthorized practice of medicine.

Examples of Healthcare Laws in a sentence

  • To the Company’s knowledge, each Major Supplier conducts its business in respect of the Company in material compliance with all applicable Laws (including Healthcare Laws and Privacy Laws) and the Company exercises appropriate oversight of all Major Suppliers’ compliance with such Laws.


More Definitions of Healthcare Laws

Healthcare Laws means all applicable Laws relating to the possession, control, warehousing, marketing, sale and distribution of pharmaceuticals, the operation of medical or senior housing facilities (such as, but not limited to, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, intermediate care facilities, assisted living and adult care facilities), patient healthcare, patient healthcare information, patient abuse, the quality and adequacy of medical care, rate setting, equipment, personnel, operating policies, fee splitting, including, without limitation, (a) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including, but not limited to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(6)), the Xxxxx Law (42 U.S.C. §1395nn), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.); (b) TRICARE; (c) CHAMPUS, (d) Medicare; (e) Medicaid; (f) HIPAA; (g) quality, safety and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies; (h) all laws, policies, procedures, permits, requirements, certifications, and regulations pursuant to which licenses, approvals and accreditation certificates are issued in order to operate medical, senior housing facilities, assisted living facilities, or skilled nursing facilities; and (i) any and all other applicable health care laws, regulations, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance, each of (a) through (i) as may be amended from time to time.
Healthcare Laws means the Laws applicable to the operations of the Hospital, including Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395-1395lll (the Medicare statute), including specifically, the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, as amended, or “Xxxxx Law,” 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn; Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396- 1396w-5 (the Medicaid statute); the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute (the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute”), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b); the False Claims Act, as amended (the “False Claims Act”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733; the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812; the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986, 41 U.S.C. §§ 51-58; the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b; the Exclusion Laws, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7; the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C. § 263a et seq.); HIPAA; any similar state and local Laws that address the subject matter of the foregoing; any state Law or precedent relating to the corporate practice of the learned or licensed healthcare professions; any state Law concerning the splitting of healthcare professional fees or kickbacks; any state Law concerning healthcare professional self-referrals; kickbacks or false claims; any state healthcare professional licensure Laws, qualifications or requirements for the practice of medicine or other learned healthcare profession; any applicable state requirements for business corporations or professional corporations or associations that provide medical services or practice medicine or related learned healthcare profession; workers compensation; any applicable state and federal controlled substance and drug diversion Laws, including, the Federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and all applicable implementing regulations, rules, ordinances and Orders related to any of the foregoing.
Healthcare Laws means all healthcare Legal Requirements including, to the extent applicable to the business of the Acquired Corporations: (a) the FDCA and laws promulgated thereunder, including current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations as set out in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211 and 21 C.F.R. Parts 600-680; (b) the federal Medicare and Medicaid statutes (Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (c) the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; (d) the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C.A § 1320a7b(b)), the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.), Xxxxx Law (42 U.S.C.A § 1395nn), False Claims Act (31 U.S.C.A § 3729 et seq.), Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a), the False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(a)), the anti-inducement law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the Exclusion law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and all amendments thereto, the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255); (e) state and federal pharmaceutical licensing, disclosure and reporting regulatory requirements, including any applicable state and federal controlled substance and drug diversion Legal Requirements, including the Federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq); (f) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; (g) regulations promulgated pursuant to any of the items referenced in sub-clauses (a) through (f), and any and all amendments or modifications made from time to time; and (h) any comparable foreign laws.
Healthcare Laws means all Legal Requirements relating to healthcare operations, healthcare industry regulation, and payment for healthcare services, including without limitation, any judgment, decree, order, writ, or injunction of any Governmental Authority, concerning the licensure, certification, qualification, or operation of the current business at the Properties, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable: (i) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), or other federal and state health care programs, (ii) Legal Requirements regarding the professional standards of health care professionals; (iii) Legal Requirements governing patient confidentiality and privacy; (iv) Legal Requirements governing the corporate practice of medicine; (v) Legal Requirements governing participation in Governmental Healthcare Programs in connection with the current business of any Seller; (vi) Legal Requirements relating to kickbacks and self-referrals, as well as the (A) the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), (B) the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), (C) the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), (D) the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), (E) the exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), (F) the civil monetary penalty Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), (G) the Xxxxx Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), (H) Legal Requirements imposed or enforced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and (I) Legal Requirements imposed or enforced by the health departments in any of the states in which the Properties operate; (vii) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as amended (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations governing the privacy of protected health information and the security of such information maintained in electronic form; and (viii) all Legal Requirements, including state Legal Requirements, governing the privacy and security of health-related medical information or personal information.
Healthcare Laws means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations of any Governmental Body, including: (a) Medicaid; TRICARE/CHAMPUS; Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b) (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute”; the Social Security Act, Section 1877; 42 U.S.C. 1395nn (Prohibition Against Certain Referrals), commonly referred to as the “Xxxxx Statute”; 31 U.S.C.§§ 3729-3722, common referred to as the federal “False Claims Act”; 31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812, commonly referred to as the “Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act”; 42 U.S.C.§§ 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b, commonly referred to as the “Civil Monetary Penalties Law”; and 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7, common referred to as the “Exclusion Laws”); (b) with respect to air ambulance service providers pertaining to the provision of billing, collection, and reimbursement for, administration of, and payment for services which are reimbursed with federal, state or local governmental funds through or on behalf of any Governmental Body, including Medicaid or TRICARE/CHAMPUS, (c) all licensure laws and regulations applicable to the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries; (d) all applicable professional standards regulating air ambulance service providers; and (e) any and all other federal, state or local healthcare laws, rules, codes, statutes, regulations, orders and ordinances applicable to the air ambulance services, in each case as amended from time to time applicable to the activities referenced in subsections (a)-(d) above.
Healthcare Laws means all applicable laws relating to the operation or management of hospitalist practices, the provision of hospitalist services, proper billing and collection practices relating to the payment for healthcare services, insurance law (including law related to payment for “no-fault” claims) and workers compensation law as they relate to the provision of, and billing and payment for, healthcare services, patient healthcare, patient healthcare information, patient abuse, the quality and adequacy of rehabilitative care, rate setting, equipment, personnel, operating policies, fee splitting, including, without limitation, (a) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b)), the Xxxxx Law (42 U.S.C. §1395nn), the civil False Claims Act (31 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7); (b) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009; (c) the Medicare Regulations and the Medicaid Program (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (d) quality, safety and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies; (e) all laws, policies, procedures, requirements and regulations pursuant to which Healthcare Permits are issued; (f) any laws, regulations or administrative guidance with respect to fee splitting by healthcare professionals and the corporate practice of medicine in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower or any Guarantor operates; and (g) any and all comparable state or local laws and other applicable health care laws, regulations, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance, each of (a) through (g) as may be amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated pursuant to each such law.
Healthcare Laws means: (a) any and all federal, state and local fraud and abuse laws, including (i) the federal Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (00 X.X.X. § 0000x-0(x)), (xx) the Xxxxx Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn and §1395(q)), (iii) the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), (iv) Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of Title 42 of the United States Code, and (v) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes; (b) the FDCA; (c) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (d) laws, rules and regulations governing Medicare and Medicaid; (e) the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. No. 108-173) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (f) quality, safety, life safety, and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies; (g) any applicable Law relating to the Loan Parties’ ownership, management, or operation of a healthcare facility or business, or assets used in connection therewith; (h) any applicable Law relating to the billing or submission of claims, collection of accounts receivable, underwriting the cost of, or provision of management or administrative services in connection with, any and all of the foregoing, by any Loan Party; (i) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) and (j) any and all other applicable healthcare laws, regulations, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance, each of (a) through (j) as may be amended from time to time.