Starting a Successful Healthcare Practice: Tips For Success
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 January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159 (H.5159), “An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process” (the “Act”), which, among other things, broadens the scope of the state’s existing...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
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
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
From the West Coast Healthcare Desk is an ongoing series of Holland & Knight Healthcare Blog articles and alerts focused on healthcare industry developments and points of interest in the West Coast healthcare marketplace....more
In a decision with significant implications for private equity firms and minority investors, on May 13, 2024, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) suit...more
On March 5, the FTC convened a workshop with regulators, academics and stakeholders to discuss the impact of private equity in the healthcare market. The workshop reflects the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division’s recent focus on...more
As Holland & Knight observed previously, the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including in a Sept. 21, 2023, lawsuit challenging one...more
On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, and collectively with the FTC and DOJ, the Agencies) launched a cross-government inquiry...more
Envision Healthcare Corp. and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries (Envision) recently filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (Bankruptcy Court). In re:...more
Valuations, and how a business reacts to them, directly impact a business’s ability to complete successful transactions. In the healthcare sector, compliance with federal and state laws against self-referral and kickbacks and...more
Intrigued by a fragmented market and the potential for scalability, private equity firms are turning to plastic surgery physician practices for new investment opportunities. This Insight discusses key healthcare regulatory...more
Since the private equity issue was last addressed in the Bulletin in the Summer of 2022, the volume of healthcare private equity deals has subsided somewhat, according to statistics presented at the March 2023 Pennsylvania...more
There are many things to consider if you plan to invest in middle-market healthcare professional practice management (PPM) businesses this year. The hypercompetitive market, combined with residual effects of the pandemic, has...more
Since 2016, there has been an overall sharp trend upwards in both the size and volume of health service transactions. After recovering from a dip in 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw more than a 50%...more