At the end of 2024, we predicted that the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market would pick up steam in 2025, given the combination of decreasing interest rates, a potential shift in the regulatory landscape with...more
1/22/2026
/ Clinical Trials ,
Dental Practice ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Value-Based Care
As we rang in the new year and gathered in San Francisco for the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, one theme consistently emerged: healthcare investing remains a market defined by contradiction....more
1/16/2026
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Innovation ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Reimbursements ,
Value-Based Care
As we step into 2026, the healthcare private equity landscape is defined by both powerful momentum and meaningful constraints. Record levels of dry powder and a growing pipeline of high‑quality assets suggest increased deal...more
1/13/2026
/ ACOs ,
Acquisition Agreements ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
EBITDA ,
Financing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Machine Learning ,
Merger Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Value-Based Care
Bass, Berry & Sims hosted the 15th annual Health Care Investors Conference (HCIC), co-sponsored by Deloitte, Gallagher and Houlihan Lokey, on October 29. Each year HCIC brings together hundreds of leading health care industry...more
11/13/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Digital Health ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Mental Health ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Value-Based Payments
The healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained active in Q2 2025, with several sectors including physician practice management (PPM), clinical research, and digital health experiencing continued investment and...more
7/30/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Digital Health ,
EBITDA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medical Research ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Technology Sector ,
Value-Based Care
On June 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03, approving a proposal by a management services organization (MSO) and its friendly PC...more
6/25/2025
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Contract Terms ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Advantage ,
OIG ,
Patient Access ,
Proposed Rules ,
Safe Harbors ,
Telehealth
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
Although the U.S. healthcare industry has weathered the storm over the past couple of years, we may be reaching calmer waters in the coming months. Dry powder held by U.S. private equity investors has reached an all-time...more
8/15/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Government Agencies ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Healthcare ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Mergers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Request For Information ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation
The 42nd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference started with clear skies and overall optimism from investors. But with Jamie Dimon’s prediction of a recession in 2024 on Tuesday morning, the climate shifted to an on-again,...more
1/12/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Asset Diversification ,
Chapter 11 ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reimbursements ,
Takeovers ,
Value-Based Care
W ith various headwinds resulting in down volume in 2023, buyers and sellers alike find themselves asking whether 2024 will see a rebound in deal activity. As we begin 2024, we have highlighted the issues and trends that...more
1/9/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity ,
Equity Markets ,
FinCEN ,
Funding ,
Healthcare ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Equity ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Risk Management ,
Safe Harbors ,
Section 340B ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Value-Based Care
Funding Environment Toughest in 40 Years -
The consensus of the four members of a panel on funding and financing healthcare is that the environment is tougher than they experienced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis....more
9/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Buyers ,
Digital Health ,
Financing ,
Funding ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovation ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Private Equity ,
Technology ,
Value-Based Care
Effective October 1, 2022, certain providers participating in the Florida Medicaid program will be required to pay direct care workers a minimum of $15 per hour. Below we’ve outlined which organizations are subject to this...more
2022 started strong for healthcare transactions with some reports suggesting a record-breaking January. Although deal activity cooled in February and March, transaction pipelines still indicate that 2022 is on pace to match...more
4/15/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Dental Practice ,
Digital Health ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Private Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the M&A market at every stage of the deal-making process – from complicating on-site visits and intensifying the diligence process to introducing valuation gaps (relative to pre-COVID-19...more
12/7/2020
/ Accelerated Payments ,
Buyers ,
CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Employee Retention ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Indemnification ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Private Equity ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
Representations and Warranties ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sellers ,
SIGPR ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deferral
Since the passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), many healthcare organizations, especially those with a structure that includes a friendly or captive PC model, have struggled to determine whether they...more
By all accounts, 2019 proved to be another year of significant investment by private equity firms in the physician practice space. Below we discuss 10 trends we observed as counsel on a number of these transactions during...more
1/22/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Indemnity Insurance ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Strategic Planning