Media Mentions
2010
Christopher Jedrey was interviewed February 24 by Health Leaders Media concerning the interaction between potential health reform legislation and ongoing consolidation in the health care industry. "Consolidation is ongoing on the provider and the insurer side, and will come from the cost and quality pressures that are driving reform legislation," Mr. Jedrey said. He noted that the last reform effort in the 1990s was a major driver for consolidation on the insurer side, and now believes that "the pendulum is swinging back" toward more consolidation among providers, both physicians and hospitals. "Providers are scrambling to catch up with the insurers to consolidate and achieve a similar level of cost efficiencies, particularly as physicians seek to participate in the value-based purchasing systems of hospitals," Mr. Jedrey stated, "and insurers are working collaboratively with the provider community to help realize their cost reduction goals."
Christopher M. Jedrey, Health, Health - Insurance
2009
Christopher Jedry was cited in April 2 press reports on Business Wire and M2 Presswire concerning his online seminar, "Foundation Model Proposal for a Hospital." The seminar presentation is viewable on computer or iPod, and offers innovative ideas and best practices for structuring such a proposal.
2008
Christopher M. Jedrey was selected for Nightingales Healthcare News' 2008 list of "Outstanding Hospital Lawyers," which appears in the July/August 2008 issue.
Christopher M. Jedrey, Academic Medical Centers, Health, Hospital and Health System Transactions
Christopher M. Jedrey was quoted in a January 25 article of Biotech Law Weekly in an article regarding the Dublin – Research and Markets video seminar with Mr. Jedrey focusing on the "Research and Markets: Understand the Strategy and Structure of Healthcare Transactions." The goal of the video seminar was to provide lawyers and executives with essential information about understanding the strategy and structure of healthcare transactions.
Christopher M. Jedrey, Health, Hospital and Health System Transactions
Christopher M. Jedrey was quoted in the January 2008 issue of ABI/INFORM in an article regarding community hospitals being clinically integrated. "A handful of recent FTC decisions offer more guidance for providers considering clinical integration. Providers need to demonstrate evidence of substantial commitment of staff and resources, shared electronic medical records, and incentives, such as enough shared financial risk. They also need to impose substantial penalties against outlier physicians who fail to embrace standardized best practices or improve the care they deliver. Providers need to convince the government that behavior will change," Mr. Jedrey said.
2006
Michael Anthony, Bobby Burchfield, Gordon Greenberg, Christopher Jedrey, Ray Lupo, Terry McMahon, Michael Pope, Richard Smith and Jeffrey Stone will be recognized in the fall edition of Lawdragon magazine on its annual survey of the top 500 lawyers in the United States, the Lawdragon 500.
Michael F. Anthony, Bobby R. Burchfield, Gordon A. Greenberg, Christopher M. Jedrey, Raphael V. Lupo, Terrence P. McMahon, Michael A. Pope PC, Richard W. Smith, Jeffrey E. Stone, Corporate, Health, Intellectual Property, Trial
Doug Mancino and Christopher Jedrey were quoted in the July 5 issue of Tax Notes Today in an article discussing reactions to a recent questionnaire the IRS sent to tax-exempt hospitals inquiring about compensation practices and how much community benefits provide. "While the questionnaire asks good questions, answering some of them calls for multifaceted responses that don’t lend themselves to easy yes-or-no answers," said Mr. Mancino. Chris Jedrey also mentioned that he thinks bad debt is often synonymous with charity care. "I understand why the IRS wants to treat them as separate and distinct. However, a lot of hospitals don’t see a ‘clear bright line’ between bad debt and charity care," Mr. Jedrey added.
Christopher M. Jedrey, Douglas M. Mancino, Health, Tax Exemption
Chris Jedrey was quoted in the February 10 issue of The Boston Globe regarding electronic medical records. "Without electronic records, physicians will have difficulty performing in the future under insurance companies' pay-for-performance contracts," said Mr. Jedrey.
2005
Christopher Jedrey was quoted in the October 2005 issue of The Exempt Organization Tax Review in an analysis of the Internal Revenue Service's proposed regulations addressing intermediate sanctions. Mr. Jedrey said the proposed regulations "provide useful guidance on significant, but in practice rarely encountered, circumstances."
Christopher M. Jedrey, Health, Tax Exemption
2004
Christopher Jedrey was quoted in the October 4 edition of Modern Healthcare in an article regarding hospital mergers. "Back in the early '90s, hospital mergers were the big thing. The theory was: 'Let's just do it. You agree at the board level, merge a bunch of hospitals into a system and we'll just work out any transitional issues that develop in the future.' Well, they often didn't work."
Chris Jedrey was quoted in August 2004 edition of HealthLeaders in an article regarding the merger of four multispeciality groups in Massachusetts. Harvard Vanguard, Dedham Medical Associates, Southboro Medical Group and South Shore Medical Center merged in January under a proposed tax-exempt nonprofit patent corporation, HealthOne Care System, Inc. "This is not a '90s-style integration system brought together to beat on the payors," Mr. Jedrey commented. Instead, HealthOne is a collaborative effort that even the managed care companies embraced, said Chris. More feet under the negotiating table has upped reimbursement in Boston's "very competitive" market, he added.
Christopher M. Jedrey, Health, Tax Exemption
Christopher Jedrey was quoted in the June 21 issue of American Medical News in the article regarding four medical groups that have joined to become the largest physician-directed medical enterprise in the Boston area. Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Dedham Medical Associates, Southboro Medical Group and South Medical Center will remain subsidiaries of the yet-to-be-named parent company. "Harvard Vanguard was a big group to begin with, and they concluded they needed to do this to make it work. At the heart of it is the EMR. It's expensive," Mr. Jedrey commented.
