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California-Based Healthcare Transaction Subjected to OHCA's First Cost and Market Review

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On June 23, 2025, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) issued a determination that a transaction submitted by Covenant Care California, LLC and its subsidiaries under the Material Change Transaction Notice...more

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Health Law Diagnosed – Health Care Transaction Review Laws and the New Normal

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...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

California AB 1415 Aims to Expand OHCA’s Healthcare Transaction Review Authority

On February 21, 2025, Assembly Member Mia Bonta introduced AB 1415, a bill that aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health Care...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Major Regulatory Updates from the West Coast: New California and Washington Approaches to Healthcare Private Equity and MSO...

State legislatures on the West Coast are intensifying their focus on private equity and management service organizations (MSOs) in healthcare, introducing new regulatory measures that could significantly reshape investment...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Trends & Transactions Q3 2024

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In the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, while deal volumes varied across different sectors, by and large the sure and steady pace of deal volume in Q2 continued into Q3. Moreover, several positive...more

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Update: AB 3129 Passes in California Senate and Nears Finish Line

After its passage in the California Senate on August 31, 2024, Assembly Bill No. 3129 (AB 3129) is now headed to Governor Newsom’s desk. As discussed in depth in our previous blog series on AB 3129, the legislation would...more

Allen Matkins

California Caps Legislative Session By Sending A Weird Hedge Fund Bill To The Governor For A Possible Signature

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Last month, I commented on the "weird" definition of "hedge fund" in AB 3129 (Wood).  On the last day of the current session, the legislature passed the bill.  It is now on Governor Newsom's desk....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Update from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA): Proposed Regulations re Material Change Transactions and...

As we previewed in our blog article in March on the establishment of California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), OHCA has issued proposed regulations available on the OHCA website, that provide...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Office of Health Care Affordability: Another Regulatory Hurdle for California Healthcare M&A Transactions?

California has a new regulatory review process that could have implications for healthcare mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions in the state. By way of background, after nearly two years of negotiations with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Putting the Brakes on Healthcare M&A and Provider/Payor Contracting: AB 2080 Poised to Dramatically Impact Healthcare Transactions...

Assembly Bill 2080 (“AB 2080”), known as the “Health Care Consolidation and Contracting Fairness Act of 2022,” was approved by the California Assembly on May 26, 2022, and if passed by the Senate and signed into law before...more

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New California Court Decision Highlights Potential Perils Of Unlimited Vacation. Bonus Concerns: Settling Cases With Releases,...

While the United States and California legal worlds remain (understandably) focused on issues arising out of the COVID-19 global pandemic, California courts continue to issue important, and potentially policy-altering,...more

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