All indications appear to point toward a robust market for health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the coming year. Inflation — finally — appears to be easing. With that, we may continue to see interest rate cuts from...more
2/10/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Capital Gains ,
Compliance ,
EBITDA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Stark Law ,
Tax Planning
Although private equity (PE) sponsors have been active investors in the health care services industry for the last decade, PE-backed health care providers today constitute only 4% of the United States health market by...more
10/24/2024
/ Antitrust Division ,
Compensation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Penalties ,
Private Equity ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stark Law
In this episode, partner Jana Kolarik of Foley’s Health Care Practice Group interviews partner Roger Strode of Foley’s Health Care and Transactional Practice Groups and Michael Ramey, managing principal of PYA's Strategic and...more
10/17/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Indemnity ,
Private Equity ,
Recapitalization ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Stark Law
With the pace of health care transactions showing no signs of slowing, we, at Foley, regularly counsel both investors and sellers of physician practices.
The typical physician practice transaction involves the sale of...more
Physician consolidation continued on a robust pace this past year, despite, or maybe because of, the Pandemic. Physician-owned orthopedic practices appear to be no exception to this trend. Interestingly, orthopedic...more
1/13/2022
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Durable Medical Equipment ,
EBITDA ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Investment ,
Medical Billing Codes ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
Stark Law
With the pace of orthopedic medical practice recapitalizations showing no signs of slowing, it is appropriate to review certain of the most critical legal issues that any buyer considering a transaction must take into...more
1/7/2020
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Recapitalization ,
Risk Management ,
Stark Law ,
Strategic Planning
Welcome to Foley & Lardner LLP’s Health Care MarketTrends. In this issue, we examine private equity investment in specialty areas of the health care industry, specifically dermatology and orthopedics....more
9/17/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Audits ,
Billing ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coding ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Specialty Healthcare ,
Stark Law
As noted in previous Health Care Law Today blog posts, we have seen an uptick in private equity recapitalization transactions in orthopedics. We expect this trend to continue, and to pick up pace, as the economy remains...more
1/8/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Joint Venture ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Recapitalization ,
Stark Law
The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more
12/4/2018
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
EBITDA ,
Investors ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Recapitalization ,
Rollover Equity ,
Stark Law
The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more
6/4/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Ancillary Agreements ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
BPCI ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
EBITDA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Stark Law
After a prolonged period of stagnant growth primarily due to a glut of capacity coupled with flat or declining revenue growth, we’re beginning to see a resurgence of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). In fact, experts are...more
5/25/2018
/ Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
OIG ,
Patient Referrals ,
Physician-Owned Distributors ,
Physicians ,
Revenue Growth ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law