Nevada Is Latest State To Enhance Oversight Of Health Care Transactions

On October 1, 2021, Nevada will join a handful of states that are actively seeking to monitor the growth and impact of health care transactions in their states, and will also designate specific contracting practices viewed as anticompetitive as unfair trade practices. Nevada’s Senate Bill 329 (SB 329) and Assembly Bill 47 (AB 47) will significantly impact provider contracting and business operations for hospitals and physician group practices in the state.

Specifically, SB 329 will require hospitals […]

By | September 23rd, 2021 ||

CMS Delays Transparency Rules For Health Insurers

On August 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance with respect to the timeline for implementation and enforcement of the new insurance price transparency rule. Citing the number of provisions that insurers are required to “implement by January 1, 2022 and the considerable time and effort required to make the machine-readable files available in the form and manner required in the TiC Final Rules at the same time,” the Departments of Labor, […]

By | September 6th, 2021 ||

Healthcare Representations And Warranties In The M&A Transaction

Healthcare industry mergers and acquisitions can take on many shapes and sizes dictated by various regulatory and business law issues, but common to all such transactions is the Target’s obligation to make healthcare representations and warranties to the Acquiror. Representations and warranties (R&Ws) in general are heavily negotiated aspects of the parties’ agreement, and their healthcare specific portions are oftentimes more heavily negotiated than others. A close review of these healthcare portions is necessary […]

By | August 25th, 2021 ||