Navigating Hospital in Hospital Leasing Arrangements: LTACH, Skilled Nursing, Rehab, Behavioral Health, and Hospice
Ensuring Stark and Anti-Kickback Statute Compliance, Navigating Fair Market Value Considerations
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to healthcare providers on navigating hospital in hospital (HIH) leasing arrangements, including leasing space to long term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), skilled nursing, rehab, behavioral health and hospice. The panel will examine trends, Stark and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) compliance issues, and fair market value (FMV) considerations with respect to HIH arrangements.
Outline
- What is an HIH?
- Overview of common leases of hospital space
- Trends—has there been an increase in these types of arrangements?
- Defining the space
- Measurements in typical commercial real estate
- Measurements in the HIH sector
- Exclusive and non-exclusive use areas
- Operating expenses
- Accounting for operating expenses in a hospital real estate lease
- Real estate vs. non-real estate expense
- Monitoring operating expenses and compliance concerns
- Understanding other non-traditional real estate services that may be included in a lease arrangement
- Fair market value—real estate
- Evaluating an FMV lease rate within the HIH sector
- Tenant improvement considerations: who pays for the finish out?
- Lease rate considerations: per bed versus per square foot
- Management agreements, purchased service agreements, and real estate leases
- Options to lease additional space
- Leases involving non-clinical space
- Non-real estate considerations in HIH arrangements
- Covenants not to compete (CNCs)
- Bed licenses or de-licensure
- Certificates of need (CONs)
- Trade name and other intangibles
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Recent trends to own and occupy space in an acute care setting; equity joint ventures and pure lease arrangements for hospital space
- Valuation issues when a hospital department is sold or contributed to a joint venture in lieu of cash contribution
- Relevant post-transaction contractual arrangements including management or other administrative services, employee lease agreements, and more
Faculty
Holly Jo Bohannan, Esq.
Associate General Counsel - East Region
LifeCare Health Partners
LifeCare owns and operates 21 hospitals (10 of which are HIH) and two home health agencies in nine different... | Read More
LifeCare owns and operates 21 hospitals (10 of which are HIH) and two home health agencies in nine different states. At LifeCare, Ms. Bohannan contributes to corporate objectives and responsibilities providing legal and compliance support to the field and company leadership. She is also responsible for all legal matters in the company's East Region (currently consisting of nine long-term acute care hospitals, one psychiatric hospital and one skilled nursing facility), including corporate transactions, contract negotiations, risk management, human resource matters, regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters.
CloseVictor H. McConnell, MAI, ASA
Director, Real Estate Valuation Services
VMG Health
Mr. McConnell’s valuation experience spans the healthcare sector, including acute care & specialty hospitals,... | Read More
Mr. McConnell’s valuation experience spans the healthcare sector, including acute care & specialty hospitals, MOBs, ASCs, LTACHs, IRFs, imaging centers, cancer clinics, and other specialty facilities. His experience includes determining fair market value for Stark Law compliance, financing, possible sale or purchase. His expertise includes in-depth knowledge of the regulatory issues unique to the valuation of healthcare real estate. He has provided fair market value and fair market rent analyses to for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, as well physician groups, REITs, and private equity groups.
CloseJohn S. Trabold, III, MAI
Managing Director, Real Estate Valuation Services
VMG Health
Mr. Trabold has experience with the valuation of complex healthcare properties, including acute care & specialty... | Read More
Mr. Trabold has experience with the valuation of complex healthcare properties, including acute care & specialty hospitals, MOBs, ASCs, LTACHs, IRFs, imaging centers, cancer clinics, and other specialty facilities. He has experience in the valuation of properties to estimate market value and fair market value for allocation of purchase price, financing, Stark compliance and investment decisions. He has served clients across the United States and has extensive experience as an expert witness.
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