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Concierge medicine is attracting growing attention for both providers reconsidering how they practice and patients reconsidering how they choose to receive medical care. Membership-based models offer the prospect of smaller patient panels, more time with patients, less complex compensation models, autonomy regarding schedule and workload, and great…

Practical priorities for providers and health plans Medicare changes taking effect in 2027 will reach well beyond the billing department. New requirements for electronic prior authorization, changes in health-plan payment calculations, and an expanded group of negotiated prescription drug prices will affect how Arizona’s physicians and health pla…

Idaho’s newly approved Opportunity Zones could help bring more housing, businesses, and jobs to communities across the state. The attraction for investors is the potential tax savings. This month, Idaho Commerce announced that the U.S. Treasury approved 25 zones, including areas in Boise, Coeur d’Alene, and Post Falls. The new Opportunity Zone …

On appeal to the First District Court, plaintiffs argued that the city had waived the validation requirements by litigating the case and that their actions were timely. The court held that the validation statutes were mandatory and jurisdictional for challenges to water rates, and plaintiffs’ failure to comply with statutory procedures. Backgroun…

The First District California Court of Appeal has upheld a statutory rule that requires mutual water companies to cancel “appurtenant” shares held by public entities. The court rejected a constitutional challenge by City of Clearlake (City). This decision clarifies that public ownership of land served by a mutual water company does not necessar…

Sunflower Alliance v. Department of Conservation et al., Reabold California, LLC, Real Party in Interest and Appellant, was decided by the California Supreme Court on June 25, 2026. The Court held that “negligible or no expansion of existing or former use” in the California Environmental Quality Act’s Class 1 categorical exemption refers to t…