In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," Arjan Peters from Capstone moderates a conversation with his colleague Grace Totman, Holland & Knight healthcare attorney John Saran and Association for Responsible Healthcare...more
5/23/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements
In a prior blog post, we summarized proposed legislation included in New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's state fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget that would have subjected "material transactions" to additional disclosure and...more
5/13/2025
/ Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Healthcare ,
Notice Requirements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Budgets ,
State Health Departments
New state healthcare transaction reporting and corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) laws faced significant headwinds in 2024 with increased opposition by state legislators and advocacy participation by industry stakeholders....more
4/3/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Legislatures
The California Senate on Feb. 12, 2025, introduced SB351 – a bill nearly identical to a portion of AB3129 from the previous legislative session. The bill, largely aimed at codifying corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and...more
As the year begins under a new Trump Administration, healthcare providers and private equity firms should consider the antitrust enforcement environment they are likely to face in 2025. This Holland & Knight report recaps...more
1/27/2025
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration
In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law HB 4891 that amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act to include significant guardrails for dental practices looking to offer third-party financing in dental offices in...more
11/13/2024
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Corporate Practice of Dentistry ,
Creditors ,
Dentists ,
Enforcement ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Lenders ,
Marketing ,
Medical Debt ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Patients ,
Third-Party
Holland & Knight hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on Nov. 4, 2024, with an esteemed panel featuring Sheila Tatayon, assistant deputy director of Health Systems Compliance and chief counsel for California's Office of...more
11/11/2024
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Administrative Procedure ,
Administrative Review ,
Approval Requirements ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Material Change Doctrine ,
New Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements
2024 has been an eventful year for federal and state antitrust enforcement in healthcare with many in the industry wondering where do we go from here in 2025. Holland & Knight sponsored a breakout panel discussion at the...more
10/14/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Best Practices ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Pending Legislation ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Private Equity ,
Proposed Legislation
In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," healthcare attorney John Saran and PitchBook Lead Healthcare Analyst Rebecca Springer, Ph.D., discuss the state of healthcare transaction laws and their future in 2025. Mr. Saran and...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 28, 2024, vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 3129, a law that would have required private equity and hedge funds – and in some cases, their platform companies – to obtain the California Attorney...more
Amendments made by the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) to its cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations became effective on Aug. 22, 2024, and serve to expand the scope of the Health Care Quality...more
9/16/2024
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Amended Regulation ,
Change in Control ,
Corporate Practice of Dentistry ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Dental Practice ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Material Change Doctrine ,
Mergers ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Attorneys General
There will be no statewide ban on the "friendly physician model" directly coming out of the Envision Healthcare Corp. (Envision) lawsuit in California. In this lawsuit, American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group...more
At the end of last year, Holland & Knight predicted that "the current enforcement environment will continue into 2024 and will focus heavily on the healthcare industry, along with private equity transactions or 'roll-ups.'...more
8/1/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hedge Funds ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Proposed Legislation ,
REIT
From the West Coast Healthcare Desk is an ongoing series of Holland & Knight Healthcare Blog articles and alerts focused on healthcare industry developments and points of interest in the West Coast healthcare marketplace....more
6/25/2024
/ Business Operations ,
Contract Management ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Investors ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Proposed Legislation
Private equity sponsors can exhale: A federal court recently stopped the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust action that targeted private equity sponsor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for the healthcare "roll-up"...more
6/4/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Popular ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Equity ,
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