On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed S.B. 951 into law (the "Bill"), which significantly limits a common "PC/MSO" model allowing management services organizations (MSO) to provide administrative services to a...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
12/24/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Complex Corporate Transactions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Licensing Rules ,
Mergers ,
Operational Permits ,
Permits ,
Private Equity
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
8/2/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Covered Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Physicians ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Equity ,
Risk Mitigation
After a nearly two-year delay, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office for Civil Rights, promulgated a Final Rule...more
The Federal Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), 31 U.S.C. §5336, will soon require certain entities to disclose to the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) certain pieces of identifying information...more
12/8/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Covered Entities ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Entities ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations
Join Venable’s Ari J. Markenson, partner in the Healthcare and Corporate practices, as he talks with Pete Tedesco, managing director at Avesi Partners, about their perspectives on the healthcare services investment landscape....more
On October 13, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the OIG) released an advisory opinion regarding a multi-specialty physician practice's (the Practice) proposed plan to pay bonuses...more
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposal to significantly expand behavioral health coverage provided under Medicare. The proposal, presented as a part of the calendar year 2024...more
8/9/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Comment Period ,
Drug Treatment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
Outpatient Services ,
Physician Fee Schedule ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Substance Abuse
On June 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-184 into law, which, among other things, created a new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) within the CA Department of Health Care Access and Information. ...more
As states roll back emergency provisions that allowed out-of-state providers to offer telehealth services during the COVID 19 pandemic, more permanent changes in interstate telehealth are under way. In April 2022, the...more
In January 2020, Alex M. Azar, II, then secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), signed a nationwide declaration of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) that would largely shape the response of public...more
12/1/2022
/ Advance Notice ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Notice Requirements ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Secretary of HHS ,
Social Security Act ,
Waivers
On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), released its spring 2022 semiannual report to Congress. The semiannual report covers the period of October 1, 2021 to...more
7/28/2022
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Treatment ,
Durable Medical Equipment ,
Fraud ,
Genetic Testing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Information Reports ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Opioid
In a recent live event at our New York office, Venable partner Ari Markenson led a panel discussion that explored the state of middle-market healthcare services investments and the deal environment. The panelists - David...more
Please join us for a lively discussion with healthcare investors on how they are assessing risk in an extremely competitive and somewhat wild market. Ari Markenson, a partner in our healthcare and corporate practices, will be...more
3/8/2022
/ Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Risk Assessment ,
Webinars