Health Law, Mergers & Acquisitions

Good Governance for General Counsel: What Your Board Needs to Know Now

by Ober|Kaler on 5/18/2013

A host of regulatory and finance reforms have ushered in significant changes for health care entities, and likewise, for the boards that guide them. How can general counsel broach these changes with their boards and steer...more

Mississippi CON Report - May 2013

by Aaron Graham, Dinetia Newman, T. Richard Roberson | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/16/2013

In This Report: - I. April 2013 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since March 2013 CON Meeting - A. Letters of Intent to Change...more

China Life Sciences Health Industry Client Briefing – April 2013 (May 15, 2013)

by Vicki Lung, Gordon B. Schatz, Katherine Yang, Amy Yin | Reed Smith on 5/15/2013

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Health Care & Life Sciences - ..Drugs - Approval of Innovative Drugs and Key Sector Generic Drugs to be Expedited (Shanghai Securities Journal 2013-04-23): Given the...more

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Deal Spotlight: Patton Boggs Advises on Innovative Health Care Transaction

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/13/2013

Patton Boggs recently advised Satori Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of Longhorn Health Solutions, Inc. Longhorn is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a leading direct-to-home provider of...more

How to Minimize FCPA Risk in Health Care Acquisitions

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/10/2013

When acquiring a health care company doing business abroad, there is no such thing as being too thorough with anti-corruption due diligence. The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have the...more

Investigation of Merger of PROLOR Biotech and OPKO Health FAQ

by Wohl & Fruchter LLP on 4/29/2013

We are investigating the proposed merger of PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (PROLOR) (NYSE: PBTH) with OPKO Health, Inc. (OPKO). As set forth in our FAQ, our investigation concerns whether approval of the transaction was improperly...more

Hospital-Physician Mergers: Practical Issues and Steps to Minimize Antitrust Risk

by William Berlin | Ober|Kaler on 4/26/2013

Recently, hospitals have been actively acquiring primary care and specialty physician groups, resulting in the employment of those physicians. This trend has occurred largely in response to reimbursement changes and other...more

Sixth Circuit in MedQuest: No FCA Liability for Violation of Medicare Conditions of Participation Without Violation of Conditions...

by Calvin Marshall | Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 4/26/2013

On April 1, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned an $11.1 million False Claims Act (FCA) judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against MedQuest Associates, Inc.,...more

Alabama CON Review Board Update - April 2013

by Jennifer Clark, James Henry, Kristen A. Larremore, Colin H. Luke, Carey B. McRae | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/18/2013

In This Report: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Review ability Determinations - III. New Business - Excerpt of Certificate of Need...more

Mississippi CON Report - April 2013

by Aaron Graham, Dinetia Newman, T. Richard Roberson | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/12/2013

In This Report - - I. March 2013 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since February 2013 CON Meeting - A. Letters of Intent to Change...more

Alabama CON Review Board Update - March 2013

by Jennifer Clark, James Henry, Kristen A. Larremore, Colin H. Luke, Carey B. McRae | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/21/2013

In This Update: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations - III. Announcement: - Excerpt from Certificate of Need...more

FTC and Idaho AG Sue, Challenge St. Luke’s Acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group

by King & Spalding on 3/20/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), together with the Idaho Attorney General, have filed a complaint (the “joint complaint”) under seal in Federal district court seeking to block the acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group P.A.,...more

“Wide-Ranging Investigation” Leads FTC and Idaho AG to Join Ongoing Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Acquisition of Idaho’s Largest...

by Jonathan Lewis, Lee Simowitz | BakerHostetler on 3/19/2013

After dodging an attempt by two of its competitors to stop the closing of its acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group (“Saltzer”)—a for-profit, physician-owned, multi-specialty group comprising approximately 44 physicians...more

China Legal Alert: New Legislation on Establishment of For-profit Senior Care Facility

by Qin Qu on 3/18/2013

Find our Legal Alert of a newly released regulation for senior care by the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) and Ministry of Civil Affairs (“MCA”), namely, the Notice on Establishment of For-profit Senior Care Institutions and...more

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - March 2013 • Volume 2, Number 2

by James M. Burns | Dickinson Wright on 3/5/2013

In This Issue: - MULTIPLE BILLS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS TO REPEAL HEALTH INSURERS’ ANTITRUST EXEMPTION: Over the course of the last two months, four separate bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives...more

Supreme Court Limits State Action Immunity In Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health Systems

by Susan E. Foster, Cori Gordon Moore | Perkins Coie on 3/4/2013

In a closely watched decision, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court has reversed an 11th Circuit decision that invoked the state action doctrine to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from challenging a state hospital...more

High court scales back antitrust exemption

by Jarod Bona on 2/28/2013

This Daily Journal article analyzes the United States Supreme Court decision of Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc, which held that a state's grant of general corporate powers to government entities...more

Supreme Court Reins in State Action Immunity

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/28/2013

Last week a unanimous Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., addressing the "State action" exemption from application of the federal antitrust laws for the first time...more

Merger-To-Monopoly Held Not Protected By State-Action Immunity

by Matthew Hans, Mitchell Raup | Polsinelli on 2/27/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court on February 19th scaled back the "state action immunity" doctrine, siding with the Federal Trade Commission on an issue that had divided the lower courts and holding that a county Hospital Authority's...more

The Supreme Court Tightens Up State-Action Immunity: Justices Rule that Phoebe-Putney/Palmyra Transaction Is Not Immune from...

by Michael Denniston, Jay L. Levine | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/27/2013

On February 19, 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the effective acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center (“Palmyra”) by Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. (“PPHS") in Southwestern Georgia was not immune from antitrust...more

Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Antitrust Immunity in Hospital Merger Case

by Robert Buchanan, Jr., Michael Gass, Julia Hesse, Christine Savage | Choate Hall & Stewart LLP on 2/26/2013

What you need to know: The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision siding with the FTC against a hospital merger in Georgia. What you need to do: Companies should conduct careful analysis before investing...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Antitrust Immunity For State-Sanctioned Conduct

by Daniel E. Hemli, Jacqueline R. Java | Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, found that a merger of two Georgia hospitals was not immune from federal antitrust laws under the "state-action" exemption, reversing a decision of the...more

Supreme Court Limits State Action Immunity In FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

by Melissa Hatch, Jan Levine | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/25/2013

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court reined in the state action immunity doctrine, which exempts municipalities from scrutiny under the federal antitrust laws when they act pursuant to a “clearly articulated state...more

Supreme Court Hands FTC Victory on State Action Immunity

by Jessica Anthony, Leslie John, Jason Leckerman | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/22/2013

In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court this week tightened the standard for state action immunity under federal antitrust laws in a case involving a hospital merger. This decision arguably tightens the reins on the...more

Placing Limits on the State Action Doctrine, the Supreme Court Subjects Local Government Hospitals to Scrutiny under the Antitrust...

by Ryan Blaney, Monte Dube, Helene Jaffe, Alan Kusinitz, Andrew Wellin, Richard Zall | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/22/2013

Recent major regulatory and technological developments have brought forth historic changes to the health care market. Health care providers have responded to these developments in several ways. One such mechanism, hospital...more

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