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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
Private Equity (PE) firms continue to be significant players in U.S. healthcare, acquiring assets across various sectors such as physician practices, home health, behavioral health, and urgent care. However, recent legal...more
Antitrust scrutiny of healthcare markets is nothing new. The Biden Administration and first Trump Administration focused antitrust enforcement efforts across the healthcare and life sciences industries. The newly installed...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final consent order with a private equity firm focused on health care and technology to resolve allegations of anticompetitive practices in two anesthesiology markets...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) published on May 15, 2025, the long-awaited electronic Material Transaction Notice Form (the Form), which replaces its prior email submission process with a portal filing for...more
The members of BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition Team are pleased to present these brief updates from the conference sessions on Day 2 at this week’s ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C....more
New state healthcare transaction reporting and corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) laws faced significant headwinds in 2024 with increased opposition by state legislators and advocacy participation by industry stakeholders....more
We recently discussed increasing state regulation of healthcare mergers and acquisitions in the face of the current Administration’s clear policy of federal deregulation. We noted that 15 states had implemented oversight laws...more
Will the new administration’s federal deregulation be a boon for private equity investment in healthcare providers, or will the states be the “new sheriff in town”? In the short time he has been in office, President Trump...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has published a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to provide guidance on the "Disclosure of Material Transactions" law that took effect on Aug. 1, 2023. Pursuant to Article...more
Private equity (PE) investment in the U.S. healthcare sector faces a complex and evolving regulatory and legislative landscape. Both federal and state authorities are intensifying scrutiny of PE investment, driven by concerns...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her executive budget proposal for State Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 on Jan. 21, 2025, which includes amendments to the state's Disclosure of Material Transactions law. If the amendments are...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
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
2024 has been an eventful year for federal and state antitrust enforcement in healthcare with many in the industry wondering where do we go from here in 2025. Holland & Knight sponsored a breakout panel discussion at the...more
In a recent episode of the Heart of Healthcare podcast, co-hosts Michael T. Esquivel and Halle Tecco, sat down with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, who offered her perspective on the intersection of antitrust...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 28, 2024, vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129, a law that would have required private equity and hedge funds – and in some cases, their platform companies – to obtain the California Attorney...more
On Saturday, September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3129. ...more
California’s healthcare ecosystem may soon experience significant regulatory changes as Assembly Bill 3129 (AB 3129) heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk for approval....more
In the second quarter, federal and state antitrust enforcers continued their intense scrutiny of consolidation in the healthcare market by implementing new initiatives and laws designed to gather additional information...more
Amendments made by the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) to its cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations became effective on Aug. 22, 2024, and serve to expand the scope of the Health Care Quality...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
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