On May 3, 2022, the New York Legislature passed legislation to regulate certain “material transactions” involving healthcare providers and others who provide administrative or management services to other healthcare...more
5/22/2023
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Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Covered Transactions ,
FOIA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Physicians ,
State Health Departments
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal for FY 2023-2024 includes a proposal to require Department of Health (DOH) approval of certain mergers, acquisitions, and other significant transactions involving medical...more
3/30/2023
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Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Physician Hospital Organizations ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Budgets ,
State Health Departments
On October 1, 2021, Nevada became the latest of a small but growing number of states extending regulatory oversight of healthcare transactions involving physician practices. Over the past decade, several states have passed or...more
10/5/2021
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Attorney General ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Notification Requirements ,
Physicians ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements
On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order (the “Order”) designed to promote competition in the American economy. The Order describes the administration’s concerns with competition in several markets,...more
7/14/2021
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Biosimilars ,
Competition ,
Drug Pricing ,
Executive Orders ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Equipment ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospitals Without Walls Program (the “Program”) may be more crucial to helping hospitals handle the latest surge in COVID-19 cases...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that, on Thursday, October 5, it would begin to accept applications for an additional $20 billion in funding to reimburse providers for...more
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Saturday March 28, 2020, that it is expanding its Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program (AAPP) to...more
4/7/2020
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CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part A ,
Medicare Part D ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Relief Measures