Regulatory Oversight, Health Care Providers, Competition

State Attorneys General Increasing Oversight and Focus on Private Equity in Health Care Industry

Jones Day on 4/4/2025

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

PE in Healthcare – Recent Governmental Commentary Could Indicate Policy Changes on the Horizon and Time for Increased Vigilance

Quarles & Brady LLP on 2/11/2025

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

State Regulation of Physician Practice Transactions: What Investors Need to Know

BCLP on 11/3/2023

In recent years, private equity firms and retail giants like CVS and Walmart have acquired many physician practices and physician practice management organizations across the country. As healthcare has become increasingly...more

FTC Says State Oversight Cannot Effectively Displace Competition Among Health Care Providers

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2023

In two recently issued statements, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reiterated its long-held view that states are not in a position to effectively displace competition with regulatory oversight....more

[Webinar] Getting The Deal Through: Navigating Antitrust Scrutiny Of Health System Deals And Beyond - November 12th, 12:00 pm ET

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/28/2019

According to a new report by the Health Care Cost Institute, nearly three-quarters of 112 metropolitan areas across 43 states have “highly concentrated” hospital markets—showing a rise of such areas from 67% in 2012 to 72% in...more

Private health care reform

Hogan Lovells on 7/6/2018

Proposed changes tabled by the South African Competition Commission - On Thursday, 5 July 2018, the Competition Commission of South Africa (Commission) published its provisional findings and recommendations (the...more

Competition Commission releases Health Market Inquiry Provisional Report

Hogan Lovells on 7/5/2018

On Thursday, 5 July 2018, the Competition Commission of South Africa held a press conference in relation to the release of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) provisional report....more

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