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In 2024 alone, over 676 private equity firms and related investors acquired healthcare companies or related assets. The growing influence of private equity in the healthcare industry has not gone unnoticed on either of the...more
Hospital Closures Renew Push to Limit Private Equity in Health Care - The closure of Crozer Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital, resulting in over 2,600 job losses, has prompted Pennsylvania legislators to push for...more
In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller discusses the evolving legislative and regulatory landscape impacting health care transactions, particularly for private equities and hedge funds...more
For at least five years, under both Republican and Democrat administrations, there has been a focus on private equity actors in the healthcare space. Since at least 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has focused on private...more
According to recent news coverage, about 30,000 housing units proposed for Boston are approved by the Boston Planning Department (BPD) yet unable to break ground due to market conditions. In response, the Wu administration,...more
Likely due to the tremendous number of healthcare mergers, acquisitions, and private equity deals that have been taking place, the industry has recently been the target of multistate unclaimed property audits. This increased...more
In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller discusses the new Massachusetts Health Care Market Review Law and what this means for health care providers, investors, and other key stakeholders. She is...more
On February 21, 2025, Assembly Member Mia Bonta introduced AB 1415, a bill that aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health Care...more
On February 6, 2025, the Illinois state legislature introduced Senate Bill (SB) 1998, aiming to implement an additional layer of scrutiny to covered transactions that are financed by private equity groups or hedge funds. The...more
State legislatures on the West Coast are intensifying their focus on private equity and management service organizations (MSOs) in healthcare, introducing new regulatory measures that could significantly reshape investment...more
The outlook for federal antitrust enforcement remains murky, at best, with uncertainty about whether the new federal HSR rules, merger guidelines, and existing enforcement actions. The forecast for state antitrust...more
Many state legislatures have recently convened for 2025 legislative sessions, and members have already proposed a significant number of bills that, if passed, would materially impact transactions and/or corporate structures...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
On January 8, 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed into law H.B. 5159, “an Act enhancing the market review process.” This new law promises sweeping reform to reshape how health care businesses operate and grow...more
A few weeks ago, someone at a holiday party asked “Whitt, why doesn’t Budding Trends take on the weighty legal issues of the day and instead resort to cheap pop culture references and puns?” I thought about responding with a...more
On January 8, 2025, the governor of Massachusetts signed into law H.5159, An Act enhancing the market review process (the “Act”). Among various other healthcare market oversight enhancements, the Act expands the authority of...more
On January 8, the governor of Massachusetts signed House Bill 5159 into law (Law). At a high level, the new Law expands Massachusetts’ existing health care transaction notice process and implements new reporting and oversight...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill No. 5159, “An Act enhancing the health care market review process” (“H. 5159”), which was passed by the Massachusetts legislature in the last...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed House Bill 5159, An Act Enhancing the Market Review Process (the “Act”) into law, effective April 8, 2025. The Act is a compromise redraft of the separate health...more
On December 30, 2024, the Massachusetts state legislature passed House Bill 4653 (the Act), which significantly enhances regulatory oversight in the Massachusetts health care market. As signed into law by Governor Maura Healy...more
The latest entrant in a national wave of policymakers enacting health care market oversight laws that have a significant impact on providers and investors, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed into law House Bill...more
California Assembly Bill 3129 (“AB 3129”) would have targeted private equity and hedge fund investment in health care entities specifically. It would have required private equity and hedge fund groups to provide 90 days...more
California Assembly Bill 3129 (“AB3129”), which targeted for regulatory review a variety of health care transactions involving “private equity groups” and “hedge funds,” was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 28,...more
In the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, while deal volumes varied across different sectors, by and large the sure and steady pace of deal volume in Q2 continued into Q3. Moreover, several positive...more