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Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoForecast: State AGs and the False Claims Act: Navigating Multijurisdictional Challenges and Investor Scrutiny

In the realm of False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement, state attorneys general (AGs) are increasingly collaborating with federal authorities and fellow state AGs to address allegedly fraudulent activities. Companies operating...more

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[Podcast] Health Law Diagnosed – Understanding the New Massachusetts Health Care Market Review Law

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In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller discusses the new Massachusetts Health Care Market Review Law and what this means for health care providers, investors, and other key stakeholders. She is...more

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Health Law Diagnosed – Understanding the New Massachusetts Health Care Market Review Law

In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller discusses the new Massachusetts Health Care Market Review Law and what this means for health care providers, investors, and other key stakeholders. She is...more

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New Massachusetts Healthcare Law Targets Private Equity, REITs, and MSOs; Expands State False Claims Act

On January 8, 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159 into law, toughening the rules and increasing the risks for private equity (PE) companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and management services...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Spurred on by the Steward Health Care Bankruptcy, Massachusetts Adopts Bill Regulating Private Equity and REITs in Health Care,...

On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill 5159 (the “Bill”). The Bill grants the state new regulatory powers to oversee and review health care transactions involving private equity...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Massachusetts Enhances Regulatory Oversight of Health Care Transactions on For-Profit and Private Equity Investments

Massachusetts has expanded regulatory oversight of health care transactions by imposing False Claims Act liability on health care owners and investors for changes including failure to disclose violations. On January 8, 2025,...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Massachusetts Expands FCA Liability to Owners and Private Equity Investors

Under a new 2025 law, Massachusetts is one of the first in the nation to broaden its state False Claims Act (FCA) to require disclosures by investors and owners of health care entities. On January 8, 2025, Governor Maura...more

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Massachusetts Enacts Largest Health Care Transactions and Financial Oversight Legislation In a Decade, Private Investors and...

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Health care sector stakeholders take notice: On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Healy signed sweeping new health care legislation with transactional, financial, and ongoing operational compliance ramifications for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Massachusetts Expands Oversight of Private Equity Investment in Healthcare: Key Takeaways from House Bill 5159 Signed into Law by...

On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159 (“H.5159”) into law, marking a notable expansion of the regulation of private equity investments within the Massachusetts healthcare sector. The...more

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Massachusetts Tightens Healthcare Transaction Oversight, Focuses on Healthcare Investors

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On Jan. 8, 2025, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy signed “An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process” (the Act). The Act increases regulatory reporting obligations and oversight of healthcare transactions involving private...more

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Massachusetts Passes Comprehensive Revisions to Healthcare Transaction Notification Law with Significant Implications for Private...

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On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159 (H.5159), “An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process” (the “Act”), which, among other things, broadens the scope of the state’s existing...more

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Massachusetts H.5159 Seeks to Reshape Private Equity in Healthcare

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On December 30, 2024, both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate enacted House Bill 5159 (H.5159), and Governor Maura Healey signed it on January 8, 2025. The bill seeks to strengthen...more

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Massachusetts Passes Act Implementing Broad Oversight into For-Profit Investment in Health Care

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On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159, An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process (the “Act”) into law, effective April 8, 2025. The Act is a compromise redraft of the separate health...more

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What Private Equity Investors and Real Estate Investment Trusts Need to Know About the Newly Enacted Massachusetts Health...

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On December 30, 2024, the Massachusetts state legislature passed House Bill 4653 (the Act), which significantly enhances regulatory oversight in the Massachusetts health care market. As signed into law by Governor Maura Healy...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

It’s Been a Long Time Coming: Massachusetts Health Care Market Review 2.0

The latest entrant in a national wave of policymakers enacting health care market oversight laws that have a significant impact on providers and investors, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed into law House Bill...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Year, New Liability for Private Equity

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Private equity firms and health care companies operating in Massachusetts will now face enhanced liability risks following the recent passage and enactment of legislation regulating private equity investment in Massachusetts...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Private Equity Investments in Oncology: Top Five Things to Know

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Although private equity (PE) sponsors have been active investors in the health care services industry for the last decade, PE-backed health care providers today constitute only 4% of the United States health market by...more

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Private Equity Firms Should Prepare for Increased Scrutiny as DOJ Puts False Claims Violations Under the Microscope

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Private equity investment in health care has grown significantly over the past two decades, and the US government is starting to pay attention. Recent announcements by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and proposals by...more

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Trending Enforcement Targeting Private Equity Healthcare Portfolios Provides Important Compliance Reminder

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Over the last decade, private equity firms have acquired healthcare companies, hospitals, and clinics at an increasing rate. In fact, in those ten years, private equity firms have spent roughly $1 trillion on an estimated...more

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DOJ Renews Focus on Private Equity Amid Record False Claims Act Enforcement

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2023 was another record year for False Claims Act enforcement. On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the federal government and whistleblowers were party to a record number of FCA...more

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Private Equity in the Crosshairs: Administration Continues to Raise Questions Over Role of Private Equity in Long Term Care

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Over the past year, the Biden administration has expressed serious doubts about the developing role of private equity investment in the long term care industry. In a Fact Sheet released in late February 2022, the White House...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Private Equity Investors at Risk: A New Defendant in False Claims Act Cases?

As a generally held principle, mere investment or ownership interest in a company does not expose the investor to liability for acts undertaken by the company. However, that principle is being called into question in the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Private Equity in the Crosshairs

Private equity investors in nursing homes should brace and prepare for an active near-term enforcement environment. Congressional skepticism of private equity involvement in healthcare, developments in False Claims Act cases...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act Risk to Private Equity Healthcare Investors

As many healthcare practitioners and attorneys can attest, private equity investment has become an increasingly prevalent feature of the healthcare industry. From blockbuster deals like KKR’s purchase of Envision Healthcare...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] 2019 Q4 Healthcare Enforcement Roundup - February 5th, 2:30 pm ET

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The final quarter of 2019 brought forward new guidance and proposed rules with major implications for healthcare companies, enforcement developments in healthcare private equity investing and opioid litigation matters, among...more

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