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Colorado Senate Bill 25-276: New Protections and Requirements for Healthcare Providers Regarding Immigration Status and Data...

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The Colorado General Assembly has enacted Senate Bill 25-276 (“SB 25-276” or “Bill”), establishing significant new requirements for healthcare facilities operated by political subdivisions, Public Health-Care Facilities, and...more

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Tennessee’s HB 979: A Flexible Shift in Corporate Practice of Medicine for Hospital-Based Physicians

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Our Health Care Group examines the key provisions and implications of Tennessee’s new law that allows many of the state’s rural hospitals to directly employ hospital-based specialists....more

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Understanding the Rural Health Transformation Program

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” or OBBB. The bill is a sweeping package that includes an estimated $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. These cuts include...more

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Pulse Check: How is Your California Practice Leveraging “103 NPs” – and Preparing for the Arrival of “104 NPs” in 2026?

Nearly three years ago, the passage of California Bill AB 890, effective January 1, 2023, set in motion a future pathway for qualified nurse practitioners (“NPs”) to practice independently under a new category of licensure....more

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Needle Little Regulation: What Texas’s New IV Therapy Law Really Says

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Key Takeaways - House Bill 3749, also known as Jenifer’s Law, goes into effect on September 1, 2025, and applies only to elective IV therapy provided outside physician offices or licensed health facilities....more

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Oregon Enacts Registration Requirements for Dental Laboratories

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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 2594 into law on May 28, 2025, establishing a new registration framework for dental laboratories. The law will be codified within Oregon Revised Statutes under Title 52, governing...more

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Texas Widens Limitations on Noncompete Agreements With Healthcare Practitioners

Texas recently enacted a law that broadens the geographic and temporal restrictions on noncompete agreements with healthcare practitioners. The law will apply to physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and dentists....more

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Florida Legislative Session 2025: Health Care Highlights

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The Florida Regular Legislative Session began on March 4, 2025, and ended on June 6, 2025. Below is a summary of health care legislation scheduled to take effect upon becoming law, contingent on constitutional procedure. The...more

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Texas Governor Signs Bill into Law Increasing Regulations on Medical Spas

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Following an incident at a medical spa showcasing the dangers of the unlicensed practice of medicine in nontraditional medical settings, Texas has enacted a bill that will place the first set of regulatory requirements on...more

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Texas Enacts Comprehensive AI Governance Laws with Sector-Specific Healthcare Provisions

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Texas has taken a significant step in regulating artificial intelligence (AI) with the passage of House Bill (HB) 149 and Senate Bill (SB) 1188. Signed into law on June 22, 2025, and effective Jan. 1, 2026, HB 149 – formally...more

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Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2025 #4

News Briefs - Federal Judge Rejects Nursing Home RN Staffing Mandate - A federal judge has struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate's demands that a registered nurse be on duty 24/7 every day of the year, as well...more

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Change Is Coming: Texas Healthcare Provider Non-Competes Subject to New Strict Limits

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025, signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 1318, which creates greater restrictions on physician non-compete agreements in Texas and, for the first time, extends such restrictions to non-compete...more

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New Florida Law Requires Licensed Health Care Facilities, Providers, and Practitioners to Promptly Refund Patient Overpayments

Don’t sit on those patient credits. Effective January 1, 2026, a new Florida law (CS/CS/SB 1808) requires licensed health care facilities, providers, and practitioners (each, a “Licensed Provider”) to refund any overpayment...more

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Texas HB 3749: What IV Hydration Clinic Owners Need to Know

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Texas House Bill 3749 (HB 3749), known as "Jenifer's Law," has undergone dramatic revisions since its introduction. What began as a bill that could have shuttered many IV hydration clinics has transformed into legislation...more

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Revised Texas House Bill 3749 Cleanses Med Spas of Increased Oversight as Focus Shifts to IV Therapies

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As regulatory oversight of medical spas continues to evolve in Texas, House Bill 3749 (HB 3749) has taken a notable turn. In a shift from the bill’s original intent to more thoroughly regulate med spas and cosmetic...more

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AB 1415 Passed by California Assembly with Amendments

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Key Takeaways - While MSOs and certain parent entities are no longer defined as “health care entities,” they must still notify OHCA when entering into material change transactions with health care entities....more

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2025 Health Care Laws in Maryland: Improving Access & Affordability

The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session concluded with a few impactful health care bills. The two bills below, signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday, represent significant steps in improving health...more

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Tennessee Law Now Permits Hospital Employment of Anesthesiologists, Radiologists, Pathologists, and Emergency Physicians in Most...

Today, Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill No. 979 into law. House Bill No. 979, among other unrelated matters, drastically changes certain laws relating to the corporate practice of medicine in Tennessee. Before this new law...more

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Colorado to Ban Most Healthcare Provider Restrictive Covenants and Refine Sale-of-Business Exception: What You Need to Know

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Colorado lawmakers recently passed a bill that will block businesses from entering into restrictive covenants such as non-competition and customer non-solicitation agreements with certain healthcare workers and refine the...more

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Virginia enacts law protecting consumers from medical debt abuse

On May 2, the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia approved HB 1725, which establishes the Medical Debt Protection Act to regulate billing and collection practices for medical debts. Effective July 1, 2026, the Act...more

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California Amends AB 1415, Bill That Expands OHCA’s Healthcare Transaction Review Authority

The California Assembly amended Assembly Bill (AB) 1415 on April 24, 2025. The bill aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health...more

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State Attorneys General Increasing Oversight and Focus on Private Equity in Health Care Industry

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State attorneys general ("AGs") have long had unique police powers over a variety of health care providers in their states. Recently, AGs in several states have used this authority to scrutinize consolidation and corporate...more

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Virginia Enacts Law Requiring Reporting of Workplace Violence in Hospitals

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Effective July 1, 2025, hospitals in Virginia will be required to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system pursuant to House Bill 2269. The system must “document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace...more

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Looking Back at 2024: Key Health Care Regulatory Legal Developments in Fraud and Abuse, Compliance, and Enforcement

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The health care regulatory space realized significant regulatory and enforcement developments in 2024 that are influencing how providers and industry stakeholders approach various compliance measures and enforcement...more

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Limits on Physician Noncompete Agreements: Navigating New State Laws and Legislation

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As anticipated, following the end of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule prohibiting employer noncompetes, states have ramped up their efforts toward limiting noncompete agreements, including some states that have...more

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