What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 240: Independent Practice In Dermatology with Dr. Darragh and Dr. Shuler of Carolina Dermatology
The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 236: Advocating for Accessible Diagnoses with Sydney Severance of Operation Upright
ADA Compliance for Medical and Dental Practices: Responding to Inquiries and Investigations
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show | The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part II
Exit Strategies for Healthcare Employment Agreements
Episode 230: Innovations in Cancer Treatment with Dr. Ray DuBois of MUSC Hollings Center
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 229: Public Health in South Carolina with Dr. Edward Simmer of SC Dept of Public Health
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - The Role of Bylaws in Medical Staff Governance, Part I
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 224: Healthcare Practice Operations with Steve McPheeters of HighFive Healthcare
Hospice Insights Podcast - Controlling the Narrative: A New Tactic for Auditors and ALJs
Compliance and Value-Based Care
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 53 - Diagnosis: Innocent – A Doctor’s Journey to Acquittal
Hospice Insights Podcast - Meet the New Laws, Same as the Old Laws: Overpayment Recoupment Update
False Claims Act Insights - Reality Checks: How to Approach Healthcare Transactions Without Triggering FCA Liability
Hospice Insights Podcast - What's Good and Bad in Hospice Right Now: A Conversation with Greg Grabowski, Partner at Hospice Advisors
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 211: Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks for the Healthcare Industry with Brandon Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
As previously noted, a sweeping change to Texas noncompete law is coming Sept. 1, 2025, reshaping employment agreements for physicians and other healthcare practitioners. ...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted SB 1318, modifying the criteria for enforceable healthcare practitioner non-competes in the Texas Business and Commerce Code. The modifications (1) limit the scope of enforceable physician...more
Noncompete Agreement Changes for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals - Texas has long had a special set of provisions for physicians in the state statute governing covenants not to compete (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code...more
President Trump’s signing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on July 4, 2025, was a big win for concierge medicine practices, often called direct primary care (DPC). The new law allows favorable treatment for DPC...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted Senate Bill 1318, ushering in significant reforms to healthcare non-compete agreements. This legislation, which takes effect on September 1, 2025, reshapes how non-compete agreements can...more
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
New York is poised to become the twelfth state in the country to authorize medical aid in dying with a physician’s prescription for lethal medication to be self-administered by the patient. On June 9, 2025, the New York...more
Our Health Care Group examines the new Texas law that restricts the use of noncompete clauses in physician and other health care practitioner employment contracts beginning September 1....more
On June 20, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 1318 was signed into law, introducing new restrictions on noncompete agreements entered with physicians licensed by the Texas Medical Board and other healthcare practitioners in Texas....more
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
Unlike states that ban them entirely, Texas law permits physician noncompete agreements restricting when and where licensed physicians can practice medicine after departure from their employer so long as they meet specific...more
Colorado recently enacted Senate Bill 25-083, significantly revising the rules governing noncompete and nonsolicit agreements in the state for those involved in the practice of medicine and other healthcare professions, as...more
On June 20, 2025, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill (HB) 3410, which amends portions of the corporate practice of medicine law, Senate Bill (SB) 951, enacted on June 9, 2025. As we previously reported, SB 951 prohibits...more
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently announced that, effective July 7, 2025, Pennsylvania will commence full participation in three interstate health care licensure compacts: the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact,...more
Oregon has put itself on the map as the first state to follow through with its efforts to curtail private equity (“PE”) control over professional medical entities (“PMEs”). Quarles has been reporting on increased efforts by...more
Following a trend in recent years, state legislatures continue to ban or curtail the use of non-compete provisions and other restrictive covenants in employment agreements with physicians and other healthcare providers. The...more
In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s recently failed attempt to ban non-compete agreements between employers and workers, individual states have once again taken up the mantle of further regulating and limiting their...more
On June 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1318 (Amendment) into law, amending Texas Business & Commerce Code Section 15.50(b), which is commonly thought of as the “Texas physician non-compete buyout statute.”...more
Last week, Oregon enacted into law SB951, which strengthens Oregon’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine by implementing greater restrictions on arrangements between medical practices and management services organizations...more
Colorado generally prohibits restrictive covenants, except in narrow circumstances. On May 8, 2025, the Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill 25-083, which imposes three significant new limitations on the use of restrictive...more
On June 20, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law significant amendments to the Texas Business and Commerce Code, as contained in Senate Bill 1318, that will substantially restrict noncompete agreements for physicians and other...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318), enacting sweeping new restrictions on non-compete agreements applicable to physicians and, for the first time, extending similar...more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that imposes more limitations on employers’ covenants not to compete with physicians and extends similar restrictions to agreements with other healthcare practitioners, including...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318), which amends Section 15.50 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, commonly referred to as the “Texas Covenants Not to Compete Act.” ...more
On June 20, 2025, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1318, initiating major changes in the scope and enforceability of non-competition covenants that are commonly included in the sale of a medical practice or other...more