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US Senator Probes Ascension, Alleging It Operates ‘Like a Private Equity Fund’

Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin is probing St. Louis-based Ascension — which operates 33 facilities in her state — alleging the health system is acting on private, not public, interests. Ms. Baldwin penned a letter to Ascension’s CEO, Joseph Impicchice, on Feb. 13, demanding a written response to eight questions regarding the health system’s investment […]

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Hospital Mergers Meet a New Major Player: State Governments

Health systems are looking to combine their resources through mergers and acquisitions as financial challenges plague the industry. Now, state lawmakers want a hand in the deal. A flurry of merger oversight bills are on legislators’ tables in states nationwide, although they are not the first of their kind. Read the full article: Hospital Mergers

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Judge Hands Providers Another Win by Striking Down Surprise Billing Arbitration Process

A federal judge struck down key parts of a regulation outlining a ban on surprise medical bills, siding with doctors that the rule tilts too favorably to insurers. The ruling delivered late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas centers on an arbitration process for settling disputes over out-of-network charges.

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FTC Reportedly Hiring Outside Economists to Probe Amazon’s One Medical Deal

Amazon’s One Medical deal could be hitting a major snag as the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly stepping up scrutiny into the proposed $3.9 billion acquisition. SeekingAlpha reported on Feb. 3 that the FTC has allegedly hired outside economists to review the deal. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg also reported on Friday that the

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2024 New York Budget Proposes Wide-Ranging Transaction Approval Requirement That Targets Private Investment in Physician Practices and MSOs, and Permits DOH to Extract Concessions

On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the 2024 Executive Budget. As alluded to in the Governor’s State of the State address, and as described in an earlier Proskauer Health Care Law Brief article, the Governor is proposing to adopt a wide-ranging approval requirement for health care transactions that appears to target

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More Money for Mental-Health Programs Gets Bipartisan Support in Many States

Governors and lawmakers in a number of states are pushing for billions of dollars in funding increases for mental health this year, as Republicans and Democrats alike say that a shortage of available services has reached crisis levels. The budget proposals seek to address the nationwide scarcity of mental-health workers, the mental-health needs in schools

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Surrounding States ‘Warily Eyeing’ California’s Evolving Hospice Laws

As California pursues hospice licensing reform, some providers in other states are watching for similar actions closer to home. In December, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) approved legislation that tightened hospice oversight in the state. This includes establishing a moratorium on new hospice provider licenses until the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sets emergency

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DOJ Withdraws ‘Outdated’ and ‘Overly Permissive’ Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement Guidance

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division has withdrawn three “outdated” policy statements on antitrust enforcement in healthcare, according to a Friday notice. The statements initially released in 1993, 1996 and 2011 (PDF) outlined circumstances in which the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission would or would not challenge transactions related to hospitals and physicians’

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