The Physician Practice Management (PPM) and ASC Symposium 2024 is the destination event for PPM and ASC industry leaders and health industry investors. Join us as we deliver actionable insights on the state of the market and...more
5/3/2024
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Development ,
Business Opportunities ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Events ,
Exit Strategies ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Investment Banks ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
Partnerships ,
Physicians ,
Prior Authorization ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Reimbursements ,
Risk Management ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care
The Illinois attorney general (IL AG) has released its much-anticipated Healthcare Transaction Notice Form (the Form), which parties must submit before undertaking certain “Covered Transactions” that are not otherwise...more
The FTC and DOJ’s proposed revised merger guidelines signal the Biden administration’s continued aggressive antitrust enforcement stance even as healthcare industry participants continue to seek to overcome the effects of...more
8/2/2023
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Physicians ,
Webinars
On March 24, 2023, the Illinois House of Representatives passed legislation (HB 2222) that, if passed by the Illinois Senate and signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, would increase oversight of certain “covered transactions” for...more
4/18/2023
/ Antitrust Division ,
Covered Transactions ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures
Historically viewed as recession-proof, 2023 is expected to be a challenging year for the healthcare industry as macroeconomic factors – inflation, high labor expenses, volatile markets, supply chain snarls and other issues –...more
2/24/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chapter 11 ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Investment ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Telehealth ,
Value-Based Care ,
Waivers
On February 3, 2023, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the withdrawal of three policy statements related to antitrust enforcement in healthcare. Although the withdrawn statements focus on...more
President Biden recently issued an executive order affirming his administration’s policy of enforcing the antitrust laws to “combat the excessive consolidation of industry” and cited healthcare markets as one of several...more
7/15/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Mergers ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Provider Relief Fund
In 2019, the total number of antitrust cases filed against providers dropped to 20 after the 2018 bump (27 cases). In the latest Health Antitrust Litigation Update for Providers, we discuss what kinds of cases were brought...more
11/16/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Physician Admitting Privileges ,
Physicians ,
Pleadings ,
Professional Regulators ,
Summary Judgment
With COVID-19 applying financial pressures on hospitals and health systems of all sizes and geographic reach, the road to recovery presents a variety of challenges. However, the need to restructure and address financial and...more
5/26/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Business Development ,
Business Opportunities ,
Business Strategies ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Economic Downturn ,
Financial Distress ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Insolvency ,
Physicians ,
Webinars
As the healthcare industry continues to cope with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and form strategic and short- and long-term plans, providers are faced with numerous decisions that have critical antitrust implications. Whether...more
5/19/2020
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collaboration ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Joint Venture ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Strategic Planning ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
Hospitals and health systems are facing consumer demand for innovation, the need to expand and enhance streams of revenue and the push for improved quality, all while navigating changing regulations, federal enforcement,...more
2/6/2020
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CMIA ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
No-Poaching ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG Becerra) announced on Friday, December 20, 2019, the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement reached with Sutter Health (Sutter), the largest hospital system in Northern...more
1/16/2020
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cartwright Act ,
Case Consolidation ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Class Action ,
Disgorgement ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Final Judgment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Monopolization ,
Private Right of Action ,
Qualified Health Plans ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sutter Health ,
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General recently released notices of proposed rulemaking relating to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. We break down the new proposed...more
12/10/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
OIG ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Remuneration ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
To help accelerate the transformation of the US healthcare system from a fee-for-service to a value-based system, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) launched its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care”...more
11/13/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Incentives ,
Patients ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Reimbursements ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care ,
Webinars
According to a new report by the Health Care Cost Institute, nearly three-quarters of 112 metropolitan areas across 43 states have “highly concentrated” hospital markets—showing a rise of such areas from 67% in 2012 to 72% in...more
10/28/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Merger Reviews ,
Physicians ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Attorneys General ,
Webinars
At both the state and federal level, antitrust enforcement agencies continue to pursue successful challenges to physician practice transactions. This article summarizes two recent enforcement actions, as well as a new state...more
6/21/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Acute Facilities ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Appeals ,
Blocked Mergers ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Decrees ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Horizontal Merger Guidelines ,
Hospitals ,
New Legislation ,
Notification Requirements ,
Physicians ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Price-Fixing ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 7 ,
Service Agreements ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sherman Act ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
State Attorneys General ,
The Clayton Act
On October 31, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit handed another important victory to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Illinois in a hospital merger case in Chicago, Illinois. This...more
On August 3, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff submitted public comments regarding the Delaware Board of Occupational Therapy Practice’s proposed regulation for the provision of occupational therapy services via...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an administrative complaint challenging the proposed combination of Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) and NorthShore University Health System (NorthShore) in the Chicago...more