On February 27, 2024, the Indiana House of Representatives (“House”) voted to pass legislation that would call for increased scrutiny regarding mergers between health care organizations. More specifically, the implementation...more
3/1/2024
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
Community Health Network, Inc. (“Community Health”) is a non-profit healthcare system with more than 200 hundred affiliated sites throughout central Indiana. As such, Community Health is one of the larger Midwest...more
On August 20, 2023, an Indiana Appellate Court dismissed a suit regarding allegedly negligent life-prolonging care rendered to a nonagenarian patient, who could not herself consent. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the...more
This week, Governor Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1461 ("the Act") into law. The Act significantly reforms the long-term care landscape in Indiana, with many of the changes directed towards improving oversight of...more
In late February 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and one of its surgeons agreed to pay the federal government $8.5 million to resolve claims that the surgeon violated Medicare and Medicaid rules by...more
President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. During his address, Biden mentioned private equity backed nursing homes, commenting on the perceived decline in quality and increased costs...more
On February 22, 2022, the Ninth Circuit ruled a COVID-19 wrongful death suit brought against a nursing home is not preempted by a federal health emergency law. The court affirmed a district court’s remand order which stated...more
3/11/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Nursing Homes ,
Preemption ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Safety Precautions ,
Tort ,
Venue ,
Willful Misconduct ,
Wrongful Death