Starting a Successful Healthcare Practice: Tips For Success
On June 9, 2025, Oregon enacted Senate Bill (“SB 951”). SB 951 significantly limits the ability of management services organizations (“MSOs”) and professional medical entities to engage in the traditional structures of...more
*UPDATE* Oregon Senate Bill 951, described in the alert below originally published on May 30, 2025, was signed into law by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Monday, June 9, and will apply to all new investments beginning January...more
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
As the healthcare industry heads into 2025, deals attorneys are optimistic as they look to falling interest rates and a potentially more business-friendly administration set to enter the White House. Originally published...more
On August 31, the last day of its 2024 Legislative Session, the California Legislature approved Assembly Bill 3129 (Wood), which provides for notification to and review by the Attorney General of health care transactions...more
A recent wave of state legislation is changing the course of healthcare transactions, and organizations (particularly private equity-backed organizations) that engage in mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry...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
On July 1, 2024, Indiana’s new health care transactions notification law takes effect. The law is designed to increase government oversight of mergers and acquisitions involving health care entities....more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Vermont Attorney General (“VT AG”) for transactions involving Vermont hospitals that are acquiring medical practices. ..The parties must provide 90 days...more
Key Takeaways - ..Parties must obtain approval from the Rhode Island Attorney General (“RI AG”) and Department of Health (“DOH”) for certain transactions involving Rhode Island hospitals. ..Under the statute, the RI...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the New York Department of Health (“NYDOH”) of certain transactions involving “health care entities”. ..The parties must provide 30 days notice before closing to...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Washington Attorney General (“WA AG”) for certain transactions involving hospitals, hospital systems, and provider organizations, as well as transactions...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Minnesota Department of Health (“MDH”) and the Minnesota Attorney General (“MN AG”) to determine whether certain mergers, acquisitions, purchases, or sales...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Nevada Attorney General (“NV AG”) for certain transactions involving “group practices” or “health carriers” in the state. ..The parties must provide notice...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Connecticut Attorney General (“CT AG”) for certain transactions involving Connecticut group practices, as well as transactions involving a hospital, hospital...more
Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Indiana Attorney General (“IN AG”) relating to certain mergers or acquisitions between an Indiana “health care entity” and another health care entity with total...more
Earlier this year, California Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Wood and Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta sponsored and introduced California Assembly Bill (AB) 3129, which would subject a large swath of healthcare transactions...more
Earlier this year, Indiana joined a growing number of states by enacting a new notification requirement for certain healthcare transactions. Indiana Senate Bill Number 9 (SB 9), effective July 1, 2024, is likely to require...more
In recent years, private equity firms and retail giants like CVS and Walmart have acquired many physician practices and physician practice management organizations across the country. As healthcare has become increasingly...more
Growing state-level oversight of M&A and other strategic transactions for healthcare provider businesses will impact growth strategies across major markets. The volume of healthcare services transactions in the United...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Sept. 21, 2023, sued a private equity firm in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas over an alleged decade-long "roll-up" strategy to consolidate anesthesiology...more
Backing up its recent rhetoric, the FTC has filed suit against a private equity firm based on a “roll-up scheme” in the healthcare space. The FTC filed its complaint in federal district court in Texas, alleging that Welsh,...more
Private equity funds have become major players in the professional health care delivery sector in recent years due to acquisitions of professional practices, including physician practices, senior living facilities and the...more
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
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