On May 14, 2025, Pennsylvania State Sen. Tim Kearney and State Rep. Lisa Borowski introduced legislation addressing private equity and corporate interests in healthcare. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is touting the companion...more
5/30/2025
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In a May 15, 2025, opinion, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied drugmakers’ motions for summary judgment against the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Health...more
5/30/2025
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Welcome to the fifth issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more
5/1/2025
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On Saturday, September 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3129. ...more
10/1/2024
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On August 31, 2024, California’s legislature passed Assembly Bill 3129 (“AB 3129”), which will be enacted if approved by California Governor, Gavin Newsom. AB 3129 would establish a mandatory approval process for a broad...more
9/5/2024
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California Senate Bill 184 (SB 184), which was passed in June 2022, created the state Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) to contain healthcare spending in California.
Effective for transactions closing on or after...more
On November 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule that will require skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to disclose an expanded array of ownership, managerial, and control information...more
12/1/2023
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Stark Law
On November 1, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) co-hosted a roundtable discussion on the cybersecurity challenges that the US...more