On July 18, 2024, the Massachusetts Senate passed S. 2871, An Act Enhancing the Health Care Market Review Process (the Bill), to increase oversight of healthcare transactions involving private equity firms, real estate...more
Only two months after California’s cost and market impact review (CMIR) regime began to require notice of certain healthcare-related transactions, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has already proposed several...more
As we previewed last year regarding SB 184 and the establishment of the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), California now has taken a significant regulatory step aimed at restraining growth in health care...more
In the final days of November, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) published three updates related to its proposed regulations regarding the review of certain healthcare transactions in California:
1. the...more
As we anticipated in our previous blog article, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) made revisions to its proposed regulations following the public workshop hosted by the California Department of Health Care Access...more
As we previewed in our previous blog article, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (“HCAI”) hosted a public workshop on August 15, 2023 for in-person and virtual attendees to make comments and pose...more
As the nation prepares for the upcoming 2024 elections, the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson continues to be a significant topic of discussion in numerous states. Since that decision and our...more
8/9/2023
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Industry stakeholders have been eagerly waiting for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Secretary of HHS to provide more clarity on federal information blocking...more
Introduction On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the “Act”). The Act provides for nearly $1.7 trillion in funding across a range of domestic initiatives, including certain...more
1/6/2023
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