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Prospect Medical Holdings Reaches Deal to Halt Litigation, Opening Window to Sell Crozer Health
Prospect reached a deal with the Foundation for Delaware County and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office to halt active litigation against it to open a 270-day window to sell Crozer to a successor.
October 20, 2023
Hospital Groups Take Aim at Physician-Owned Facilities
Major hospital groups are pushing back against physician-owned hospitals amid calls to eliminate Medicare's ban on physician self-referral to new POHs and restrictions on their growth.
October 19, 2023
Talks Break Down over Connecticut Hospitals
The development comes shortly after Yale New Haven asked for $80 million in state government support for the transaction to take place.
October 19, 2023
Washington Hospitals Sue State Over Charity Care Law
According to the lawsuit, hospitals statewide are required to provide charity care for any service to any patient seeking it regardless of their ability to pay or an indigent person's residency.
October 18, 2023
FTC Wants to Hear from Physicians about Their Experiences with Private Equity
FTC Chair Lina Khan said that hearing from physicians in emergency medicine and other specialties is essential as the regulator works to better understand these trends in healthcare.
October 17, 2023
Pennsylvania Lacks Regulatory Muscle for Oversight of Hospital Deals
Airing the shortcomings of Pennsylvania’s regulatory review tools was part of a hearing that occurred as the attorney general evaluates the proposed merger of UPMC and Washington Health System.
October 16, 2023
Minnesota Supreme Court Says Hospitals can use Patient Data to Fundraise
The court ruled in favor of Minneapolis-based Children's Hospital and Clinics, stating that the Minnesota Health Records Act permits disclosures of a patient's health records without the patient's consent when the disclosure is authorized in federal regulations.
October 13, 2023
FTC is Full Steam Ahead on Sweeping Noncompete Ban, Reinforcing Antitrust
Healthcare lobbying organizations’ efforts to carve out industry-specific exemptions in recently proposed Federal Trade Commission policies are unlikely to see their requests reflected in the regulator’s final rulemaking, Commissioner Lina Khan suggested this week.
October 13, 2023
New York Toughens Certificate of Need Rules to Promote Equity
As many states move to encourage healthcare companies to develop properties by relaxing or repealing certificate-of-need laws, New York is taking a bold move in the opposite direction.
October 11, 2023
SC Governor Henry McMaster Signs Certificate of Need Repeal
The measure eliminates the requirement for most healthcare facilities to obtain a Certificate of Need from the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
October 10, 2023