Over the past 3 years, as chronicled in several Proskauer alerts, an increasing number of states have sought to regulate physician practice management (“PPM”) and private equity transactions in the health care sector,...more
On May 15, 2025, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) announced the launch of the electronic Material Transaction Reporting Form for health care transactions (“Electronic Form”). To assist reporting entities in...more
5/23/2025
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Statements ,
Government Agencies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
New York ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Health Departments
Nearly two years ago, and as previously discussed in a Proskauer alert, New York enacted Public Health Law Article 45-A (the “Material Transactions Law”), which requires reporting of certain material health care transactions....more
4/9/2025
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Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
New York ,
Physicians ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Threshold Requirements
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill 5159 (the “Bill”). The Bill grants the state new regulatory powers to oversee and review health care transactions involving private equity...more
2/3/2025
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Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Compliance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Investors ,
Liability ,
Material Change Doctrine ,
Mergers ,
Penalties ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
REIT
SB 1120 (the “Bill”), which takes effect on January 1, 2025, amends existing California law to adopt guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence tools for the purpose of utilization management. As discussed in a...more
12/24/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
California ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CMIA ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Medical History ,
Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Information ,
Physicians ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Software
On August 29, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OCR”) withdrew its appeal of an order by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas’...more
9/30/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Class Action ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
On August 31, 2024, the California State Assembly and State Senate passed Assembly Bill 3129 (“AB 3129”). If signed by Governor Newsom, AB 3129 would establish a comprehensive transaction review law that (i) targets private...more
As described in our blog post last year, an increasing number of states across the country are seeking to regulate physician practice management (“PPM”) and private equity transactions in the health care sector. As part of...more
In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) to “better enable critical national security, intelligence, and law enforcement efforts to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other...more
2/14/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
FinCEN ,
Healthcare ,
Law Enforcement ,
Management Agreements ,
Money Laundering ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
National Security ,
Notice of Non-Compliance ,
Penalties
On June 27, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing penalties for information blocking....more
7/26/2023
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
OIG ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology
The onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) led to a surge in the use of telehealth by health care providers. In addition, the PHE fueled a boom in the number of direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) telehealth platforms,...more
6/2/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Patient Access ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine