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Opposition to Renewed COPA Application in Indiana Reveals FTC Leadership’s Views on Hospital Merger Enforcement

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently submitted comments in opposition to a renewed application for a certificate of public advantage (COPA) that would, if granted, allow two hospitals in Indiana to merge despite...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 224: Healthcare Practice Operations with Steve...

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On episode 224, Lauren and Heather are joined by former Maynard Nexsen attorney Steve McPheeters, who now serves as EVP and Chief Legal Officer of HighFive Healthcare. Steve shares how HighFive Healthcare partners with...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

[Webinar] 2025 Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions- What To Expect; How To Prepare; Choosing The Right Deal - January 23rd, 12:00 pm...

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This year promises to see a significant increase in the volume of healthcare mergers, acquisitions and consolidations. On Thursday, January 23, Rivkin Radler’s first Health Law Executive Briefing, 2025 Healthcare Mergers &...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US State Regulatory Spotlight on Healthcare Transactions: Reflections From 2024

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State-level oversight of M&A and other strategic transactions involving healthcare is continuing to expand into new markets and impact growth strategies. The interest and need for healthcare services transactions in the...more

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State Healthcare Transaction Notification Laws - Massachusetts

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Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Massachusetts Attorney General (“MA AG”), the Commission, and the Center for Health Information and Analysis for transactions involving certain health facilities...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Court Denies FTC Bid to Halt Novant-CHS Deal

On June 5, 2024, the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) petition to enjoin Novant Health Inc.’s (Novant) acquisition of Community Health Systems Inc.’s...more

Blank Rome LLP

The Great Reset in the Healthcare Industry

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BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery invites industry leaders to discuss the latest trends and hot topics in healthcare strategy, delivery, and innovation. Listen in as industry experts, thought leaders, and innovators...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Hospital M&A Trends & Strategic Considerations for 2024

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In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," healthcare attorney Colin Luke examines transactions for hospitals and health systems, as well as what's driving that activity across the country with hospitals and health systems,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Healthcare M&A and New FTC and DOJ Merger Guidelines: What’s Next for Your Transactions? - August 9th, 12:30 pm - 1:30...

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

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Starting in April 2024, California Joins Growing Trend of Implementing Advance Review Processes for Healthcare Transactions

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With the passage of SB-184 (the “Bill”), California — like Maine, New York, and several other states — has addressed “pervasive” mergers and acquisitions across the healthcare industry by requiring prior notice to regulators...more

Venable LLP

New Requirements for Healthcare Entity Transactions Signed into Law in New York State Budget

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New York recently joined a growing number of states enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain healthcare transactions. Article 45-A of the 2024 Executive Budget is titled "Disclosure of Material Transactions"...more

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Minnesota Attorney General Notification of Health Care Transactions

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On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities. Minnesota...more

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UPDATE: Proposed New York "Material Transaction" Review Law Scaled Back

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In a prior blog post, we summarized proposed legislation that would have conferred upon the New York State Department of Health (DOH) the authority to review and approve "material transactions" involving a "health care...more

Stevens & Lee

FTC Sues to Compel State-Approved Hospital Acquisitions to Comply with Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Requirements

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Last Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) took the step of filing suit in federal court asserting that parties to a hospital acquisition who had obtained a Certificate of Public Advantage (“COPA”) from their state...more

Perkins Coie

Abandoned Hospital Merger Reveals Lessons for Healthcare M&A

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A proposed healthcare acquisition was abandoned following the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or the Commission) unanimous vote to oppose the transaction. In the face of 5-0 FTC opposition, New Jersey providers RWJBarnabas...more

Hogan Lovells

The Federal Trade Commission Rattles Off Two More Hospital Merger Challenges

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On the heels of two successful hospital merger challenges in the last year, the FTC announced on Thursday that it is bringing two new cases seeking to block proposed hospital transactions: RWJBarnabas Health’s (RWJ’s)...more

Morgan Lewis

Global Healthcare Transactions Series: Healthcare Services in the United Kingdom

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global healthcare services sector has unsurprisingly been thrust into the limelight as it has been tackling an ongoing backlog. Following a decline in activity during the first, and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Triage in 2020: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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In this week's episode, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz forecasts a number of critical issues spanning the health care industry that are likely to be points of focus in the coming year. Among these issues, Ms. Rogers-Seitz discusses the...more

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Hospital mergers and acquisitions aren’t great for patients’ care, study finds

Big hospitals keep getting bigger. But, contrary to what the suit-wearing MBAs may claim, the rising number of institutional mergers and acquisitions isn’t necessarily better for patients and their care....more

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[Webinar] Getting The Deal Through: Navigating Antitrust Scrutiny Of Health System Deals And Beyond - November 12th, 12:00 pm ET

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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Congressional Committee Targets Private Equity Firms on Medical Billing Practices

Pointing to an increasing trend of private equity firms acquiring physician staffing companies and private emergency transportation companies contracting with hospitals, a key congressional committee announced a bipartisan...more

Jones Day

Antitrust Alert: Eighth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Physician Group Acquisition

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In a decision that extends the FTC's winning streak in the courts of appeals in healthcare provider merger cases, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") bid to enjoin Sanford Health's acquisition...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Examines Antitrust Immunity for Healthcare Deals

We thought you might be interested in a short summary of a workshop the FTC recently held on the impact of certificates of public advantage on healthcare markets. ...more

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Hospitals raise legal concerns by lavishing pay and perks on staff doctors

As hospitals boost their size and power to push their profits even higher, they’re also raising alarms with federal regulators over their too cozy relationships with doctors who are pulling down big pay from them now as part...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Disruption, Innovation and Consolidation - Insights into the Trends Driving Health Care Deals in 2018

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Proskauer and Deloitte convened health care industry leaders to discuss important developments in health care M&A and the regulatory and legislative landscape facing the industry in 2018... 1. Powerful forces are driving...more

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