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Pennsylvania House Bill Takes Aim at Private Equity in Health Care

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Both the CentePending legislation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly seeks to limit the impact of private equity on health care in Pennsylvania. House Bill 1460, titled the “Health System Protection Act,” passed with...more

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Pennsylvania Legislature Revives Bill Scrutinizing Health Care Transactions

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Throughout the country, state governments have been introducing bills which grant state authorities the ability to closely scrutinize health care transactions – specifically, with an eye toward those involving private equity....more

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Indiana Enacts Legislation Affecting Health Care Transactions and Imposing Ownership Reporting Requirements

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On May 6, 2025, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Indiana HB 1666 into law. This new law grants Indiana’s attorney general authority to investigate market concentration of health care entities, modifies existing requirements...more

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Washington State Adopts First Broad State Antitrust Premerger Notification Act and Filing Requirement

Effective July 27, 2025, any person that files a Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act Notification and Report Form (HSR Form) with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must also submit an electronic...more

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Indiana implements new ownership reporting requirements, authorizes health entity market concentration investigation - Proposal to...

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On May 6, 2025, Indiana state enacted HB 1666, which modifies Indiana’s existing transaction law to exempt certain practitioner-owned practices, grants the Attorney General additional authority to investigate health care...more

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Check-Up and Diagnosis: The Ongoing Scrutiny of Private Equity Healthcare Investments

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In 2024 alone, over 676 private equity firms and related investors acquired healthcare companies or related assets. The growing influence of private equity in the healthcare industry has not gone unnoticed on either of the...more

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[Podcast] Health Law Diagnosed – Health Care Transaction Review Laws and the New Normal

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In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller discusses the evolving legislative and regulatory landscape impacting health care transactions, particularly for private equities and hedge funds. She is...more

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States Expand Premerger Filings Family by Adopting “Baby-HSR” Laws to Review More Transactions

In a growing trend, states are requiring more premerger filings by enacting “baby-HSR” laws modeled after the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. These state-level statutes require parties to certain mergers and acquisitions...more

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Texas Bills Would Implement Notice Requirements for Healthcare Transactions

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In February 2025, Texas Representative James Frank (R) and Texas Senator Kelly Hancock (R) introduced bills to implement notification requirements for healthcare transactions. House Bill (H.B.) 2747 and Senate Bill (S.B.)...more

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Colorado SB 25-198 Would Expand Notice Requirements for Material Change Healthcare Transactions

On March 5, 2025, the Colorado state legislature introduced Senate Bill (SB) 25-198, aiming to expand Colorado’s licensed hospital notice requirements for material healthcare transactions and impose notification and...more

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Governor Vetoes California Assembly Bill 3129, Regulating Private Equity- and Hedge Fund-backed Healthcare Transactions

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On Saturday, September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3129. ...more

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State Healthcare Transaction Notification Laws - Massachusetts

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Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to provide notice to the Massachusetts Attorney General (“MA AG”), the Commission, and the Center for Health Information and Analysis for transactions involving certain health facilities...more

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Indiana Enacts Broad Notification Requirements for Healthcare Transactions with a Clear Focus on Private Equity

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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

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New Requirements for Healthcare Entity Transactions Signed into Law in New York State Budget

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New York recently joined a growing number of states enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain healthcare transactions. Article 45-A of the 2024 Executive Budget is titled "Disclosure of Material Transactions"...more

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Minnesota Attorney General Notification of Health Care Transactions

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On May 26, 2023, the Governor of Minnesota signed into law Minnesota bill HF 402 to increase government oversight of health care transactions that occur in Minnesota or involve Minnesota-based health care entities. Minnesota...more

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COPA-Like Agreements in Pennsylvania and COPA Rules in Neighboring States

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In the first part of this article, we discussed the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recently issued staff policy paper strongly urging states to avoid using Certificates of Public Advantage (“COPA”) which seek to immunize...more

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FTC Urges States to Stop Using COPA Laws to Shield Hospital Mergers From Antitrust Enforcement

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The FTC released a policy paper and fact sheet highlighting the negative impact Certificates of Public Advantage (COPAs)— state laws enacted to shield hospital mergers from federal antitrust enforcement in favor of regulatory...more

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Antitrust Lessons from the FTC’s Failed Bid to Halt the Jefferson-Einstein Hospital Merger

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On March 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) abandoned its effort to halt the $599 million merger of two Philadelphia-area hospital systems, Jefferson Health (Jefferson) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network...more

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FTC Abandons Appeal of Philadelphia Hospital Merger, Allowing Jefferson and Einstein to Proceed with Creation of 18-Hospital...

Back in December, we wrote about a district court ruling rejecting the Federal Trade Comission’s (“FTC”) motion to enjoin the proposed combination of Thomas Jefferson University (“TJU”) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network...more

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FTC’s Hospital Merger Challenges Hit Speedbump in Philadelphia

The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent winning streak in its ongoing challenges of hospital and physician mergers has, at least for now, ended in a Philadelphia U.S. district court. After six days of evidentiary...more

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Florida Proposed Attorney General Oversight of Health Care Transactions

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In a move to provide the Attorney General with oversight authority with respect to certain health care transactions in the State of Florida, the Florida House Health Market Reform Subcommittee recently approved a measure that...more

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Adventist - St. Joseph Merger: AG Concludes Merger is Not in the Public Interest

As we noted in our November 1, 2019 Healthcare Law Blog post, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra rejected the proposed merger between Adventist Health System/West and St. Joseph Health System (the “Proposed Merger”)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Latest: Health Care Transactions Will Require Advance Notice to Washington State AG

What Happened: • On May 7, 2019, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington State signed House Bill 1607 into law. The law goes into effect for transactions closing after January 1, 2020, and requires advance notice to the...more

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