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Last week, Oregon enacted into law SB951, which strengthens Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine by implementing greater restrictions on arrangements between medical practices and management services organizations...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Oregon Senate Bill 951 (Oregon CPOM Law), further expanding Oregon’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. The stated purpose of the...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon enacted Senate Bill 951, which strengthens Oregon’s existing prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) by limiting the scope of permissible arrangements between professional medical...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 951 (SB 951) into law. According to sponsors of SB 951, this new legislation is designed to curb the influence of private equity and third-party management...more
Overview of SB 951 - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Monday, June 9, 2025, signed a first-of-its-kind law that significantly reshapes the state’s regulatory landscape for non-physician investment in medical practices. Senate...more
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
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Gov. Kotek signed Senate Bill 951 into law, imposing significant new limitations on corporate involvement in medical practices. This legislation reinforces and expands Oregon's existing restrictions on...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon enacted the most restrictive corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) law in the country (SB 951), which imposes substantial restrictions on the ownership and control of professional medical entities...more
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law Senate Bill 951 (the “2025 Act”). Unlike California’s AB 3129, which was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2024, the passage of the 2025 Act...more
On June 9, 2025, Governor Kotek signed Senate Bill 951, An Act Relating to the Practice of Health Care (“SB 951”), into law. This law strengthens Oregon’s existing Corporate Practice of Medicine (“CPOM”) restrictions by...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
On June 9, 2025, Oregon Senate Bill 951 (SB 951) was officially signed into law, significantly strengthening the state’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine. SB 951 restricts how professional medical practices...more
Oregon is on the verge of passing a bill that would block private-equity ownership in healthcare practices. If passed, this measure would be the strictest ban on the corporate practice of medicine in the nation....more
SB 951, which bolsters existing Oregon law prohibiting the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM), passed the state House of Representatives on May 28 and now awaits the signature of Governor Tina Kotek....more
Private equity firms’ ability to invest in medical practices in Oregon may be sharply curtailed under a bill passed this week by the Oregon legislature. On May 29th, a bipartisan supermajority in the Oregon House passed...more
On May 14, 2025, Pennsylvania State Sen. Tim Kearney and State Rep. Lisa Borowski introduced legislation addressing private equity and corporate interests in healthcare. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is touting the companion...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
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
Branded drug manufacturers, including Eli Lilly and Company (Eli Lilly), have been pursuing various legal actions against compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies that provide compounded diabetes and weight-loss drugs,...more
On February 12, 2025, Senator Christopher Cabaldon introduced Senate Bill 351 (“SB 351” or “the bill”), to strengthen and codify the corporate practice of medicine doctrine (CPOM) in California as it relates to private equity...more
Private equity (PE) firms are increasingly investing in physician practices and the broader healthcare industry. While these arrangements can provide capital and operational expertise, they may also inadvertently violate...more
A bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate in late March 2025 has the potential to bring major changes to corporate practice of medicine rules in the state, most significantly for physician-owned practices. The bill aims...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