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Health Care Investing: Washington’s Continued Assault Reflected in “Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act of 2024”

On June 11, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Edward Markey (D-Mass) introduced a bill titled “The Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act of 2024.” The proposed Act would criminalize acts of senior executives who...more

Non-Competes: What the FTC’s Rule May Mean for Health Care & Life Sciences Providers

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) finalized a rule, by a vote of 3-2, abolishing the vast majority of employee covenants not to compete across the United States (the Non-Compete Rule or...more

Private Equity: Proposed Health Over Wealth Act -What This Means for You

On April 3, 2024, Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chaired a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security field hearing titled,...more

Episode 29: Let’s Talk Compliance: How Compliance Issues Affect Health Care Transactions

In this episode, partner Jana Kolarik of Foley’s Health Care Practice Group interviews partner Roger Strode of Foley’s Health Care and Transactional Practice Groups and Michael Ramey, managing principal of PYA's Strategic and...more

The Tax Man Cometh: Tax Perils in Physician Recapitalization Transactions

Physician recapitalization transactions are complex by nature and often present myriad issues. At Foley, in our representation of both investors in, and sellers of, physician practices, we note how often tax issues become...more

Physician Practice Transactions: NY’s Proposed Review and Monitoring Increases Visibility and Adds Deal Risk

New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled a proposal, set forth in the Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII Legislation associated with the proposed State Executive Budget for FY2024 (see Article 45-A) (Executive Budget), that...more

Cardiology: The New Darling of Private Equity Investment

Private equity investors are showing increased interest in the cardiology space. Why? Likely several reasons. The United States is aging, and becoming more obese, and the need for cardiologists will increase as a result. This...more

Physician Recapitalization Transactions: Three Common Business and Legal Issues

With the pace of health care transactions showing no signs of slowing, we, at Foley, regularly counsel both investors and sellers of physician practices. The typical physician practice transaction involves the sale of...more

Learnings from Recent Physician Practice Private Equity Transactions

As deal lawyers we, at Foley, continue to see high volumes of health care private equity (PE) backed platform transactions. While the number of deals in the space is down, year over year, the industry is still on pace to...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate and Home Care Providers – Investor Takeaways

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has affected investor interest in non-acute care providers and suppliers, including home care providers. As our colleagues...more

Continuing Consolidation in Orthopedic Medicine

Physician consolidation continued on a robust pace this past year, despite, or maybe because of, the Pandemic. Physician-owned orthopedic practices appear to be no exception to this trend. Interestingly, orthopedic...more

Hospital and Health System Affiliation Transactions: Critical Legal and Business Issues

We continue to see affiliation activity among hospitals and health systems, albeit at a slower pace than previously experienced, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting slow down in elective care, staffing...more

Health Care Provider Director and Officer Liability: Important Takeaways from Clovis and Marchand

Health care provider boards of directors have been put on notice—given these two recent Delaware court decisions - Clovis and Marchand—that courts may be willing to significantly extend a corporate board’s Caremark duty to...more

Orthopedic Practice Recapitalizations: Critical Legal Issues

With the pace of orthopedic medical practice recapitalizations showing no signs of slowing, it is appropriate to review certain of the most critical legal issues that any buyer considering a transaction must take into...more

Florida Proposed Attorney General Oversight of Health Care Transactions

In a move to provide the Attorney General with oversight authority with respect to certain health care transactions in the State of Florida, the Florida House Health Market Reform Subcommittee recently approved a measure that...more

Transformative Health Care System Affiliations: A Growing Trend

We continue to see activity in the hospital and health care system affiliation space. While few actually believe that the “Medicare for All” proposals will garner the support of a majority of the American people and are...more

Health Care MarketTrends - September 2019, Issue 2

Welcome to Foley & Lardner LLP’s Health Care MarketTrends. In this issue, we examine private equity investment in specialty areas of the health care industry, specifically dermatology and orthopedics....more

INSIGHT: Physician-Hospital Surgical Center Joint Ventures—What Counsel Should Know

Transactions for ambulatory surgical centers are on the rise, especially between hospitals and community physicians. Foley & Lardner’s Roger Strode examines reasons for the uptick and says careful structuring of these deals...more

Top Five Issues Related to Physician-Hospital ASC Joint Ventures

The past several years have seen resurging interest in ambulatory surgery center (ASC) transactions. As previously covered in Health Care Law Today, ASCs have made a comeback with involvement of multi-specialty groups. This...more

ASCs Make Comeback with Multispecialty Ownership Groups

Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) development and ownership has made a comeback after a number of years of stagnation due to an oversupply of centers and poor income growth. However, with significant changes in payment...more

Top Three Downstream Issues in Physician Private Equity Transactions

We have posted previously in Healthcare Law Today related to physician private equity transactions, commonly called “recapitalizations.” Most of the discussions have been about the “who,” the “why” and the “how” of these...more

The Importance of Diligence in Orthopedic Recapitalization Transactions

As noted in previous Health Care Law Today blog posts, we have seen an uptick in private equity recapitalization transactions in orthopedics. We expect this trend to continue, and to pick up pace, as the economy remains...more

Orthopedic Surgical Practice Recapitalizations: Six Relevant Considerations

The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more

Seven Thoughts When Considering Troubled Hospital Deals

Those who follow hospital and health system M&A activity know that the market has been “frothy.” We all see the high profile, “sexy” deals that appear in the news headlines but, for every large deal, there are myriad smaller...more

Orthopedics: The New Darling of Private Equity

The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more

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