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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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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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[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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and EMTALA: For Now, a Federal Court Permits an Idaho Health System to Stabilize Pregnant Patients...

An Idaho federal court has resolved the tension between that state’s restrictive abortion law and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in favor of a hospital system’s obligation to stabilize pregnant...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

McDermott Will & Schulte

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

McDermott Will & Schulte

Antitrust Enforcement Update: Spotlight on Physician Transactions

At both the state and federal level, antitrust enforcement agencies continue to pursue successful challenges to physician practice transactions. This article summarizes two recent enforcement actions, as well as a new state...more

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