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M&As – Novation and Recertification
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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
Recent reports published by the Senate Budget Committee (the “Committee”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) highlight what the authors characterize as concerns related to private equity (“PE”)...more
China's State Council issued new Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (the "Guidelines") effective January 24, 2025. The Guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for the State Administration for Market...more
Our commercial insight and understanding of the market environment place us in a unique position to comment on M&A trends. Here are our predictions for 2025... ...more
At the end of the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe, and several of its affiliates (Welsh Carson), resolving what the...more
On February 27, 2024, the Indiana House of Representatives (“House”) voted to pass legislation that would call for increased scrutiny regarding mergers between health care organizations. More specifically, the implementation...more
An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions. These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more
As reported in our June 13, 2022 blog post, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints on June 2 seeking to block the proposed merger of RWJBarnabas Health and Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Jersey and the...more
On December 15, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal of the District of North Dakota entered an order preliminarily enjoining the merger between two large physicians practices in the Bismarck/Mandan market,...more
The District of Columbia federal court recently ruled that a proposed $37 billion merger between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana cannot proceed, granting the US Department of Justice’s bid to block the combination on...more
Recent appellate decisions confirm the uphill battle hospitals face when merging with other hospitals. On October 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the district court’s ruling in Federal Trade...more
The decision serves as a reminder of the uphill battle that merging health care providers have faced since the FTC’s adoption of its current rigid market definition standard in 2007. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more