The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market began 2025 with a slower start than expected given the easing headwinds and building momentum at the end of last year, with the number of deals reported in Q1 lower than...more
4/17/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Clinical Trials ,
Digital Health ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Value-Based Care
Two recent announcements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offer early indicators as to how the Trump administration, including CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, may approach the Medicare Advantage (MA)...more
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
10/21/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
California ,
Federal Reserve ,
Governor Newsom ,
Healthcare ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures
On August 28, as part of its Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)...more
8/29/2024
/ Acute Facilities ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
Medicare Part A ,
Medicare Part B ,
Value-Based Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) – a new, mandatory, episode-based alternative payment model in the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient...more
As of March 31, 2024, Nevada’s state consumer health data law, Senate Bill No. 370 (SB 370), enters the state-level consumer health data privacy fray. Similar to Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), SB 370 focuses on...more
3/21/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Healthcare ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws
Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) was enacted in an effort to close a perceived gap in privacy protection for consumer health data. MHMDA’s focus on consumer health data and right of private action deviate from...more
2/5/2024
/ Consent Agreements ,
Data Collection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
FERPA ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Mental Health ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Small Business ,
Summary of Consumer Rights