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Recent Action in Healthcare Markets
AB 2303 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health and care facilities: prospective payment system rate increase. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, …
AB 2319 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act. This bill would make a legislative finding that the Legislature recognizes all birthing people, including nonbinary persons and persons of transgender experience. The bill would extend the evidence-based …
AB 2348 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Emergency medical services. This bill would require the authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for response times. This bill would require the authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for calculation and reporting by …
AB 2435 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Health Benefit Exchange. Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by …
AB 2532 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Community colleges: registered nursing programs. Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using …
AB 2637 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health Facilities Financing Authority Act. The California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to, among other things, make loans from the continuously appropriated California Health Facilities Financing Authority Fund …
AB 2860 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Program. This bill would repeal the provisions regarding the Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, and would instead establish two bifurcated programs, the Licensed Physicians from Mexico …
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Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health and care facilities: prospective payment system rate increase. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, …
AB 2319 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act. This bill would make a legislative finding that the Legislature recognizes all birthing people, including nonbinary persons and persons of transgender experience. The bill would extend the evidence-based …
AB 2348 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Emergency medical services. This bill would require the authority to develop planning and implementation guidelines for response times. This bill would require the authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for calculation and reporting by …
AB 2435 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Health Benefit Exchange. Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by …
AB 2532 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Community colleges: registered nursing programs. Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program, if it determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity, to admit students to the program using …
AB 2637 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health Facilities Financing Authority Act. The California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to, among other things, make loans from the continuously appropriated California Health Facilities Financing Authority Fund …
AB 2860 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Program. This bill would repeal the provisions regarding the Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, and would instead establish two bifurcated programs, the Licensed Physicians from Mexico …
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Novant Health, Inc. and Community Health Systems, Inc., In the Matter of – North Carolina
District Court: Status: Pending
On January 25th, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had authorized a suit to block Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of two hospitals …
Ross v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pennsylvania
District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Shaw v. Advocate Aurora Health Inc et al – Wisconsin
District Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Status: Pending
On February 5, 2024, Plaintiffs brought suit on behalf of the class of Commercial Health Plan Members against Aurora Health Care and Advocate Aurora Health …
Emanate Health et al v. Optum Health et al – California
District Court: California Central District Court Status: Pending
On November 20, 2023, Emanate Health filed an antitrust suit against Optum Health with the US District Court for the Central District of California. Specific …
FTC and California v. John Muir Health and Tenet Healthcare – California
District Court: Northern District of California Status: Decided
In November 2023, the FTC and the California AG challenged John Muir Health’s proposed acquisition of San Ramon Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare. Both …
Louisiana Children’s Medical Center v. Attorney General of the United States et al. – Federal
District Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Status: Pending
This suit is the combination of multiple separate actions. First, Louisiana Children’s Medical Center sued the United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, Federal Trade …
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems v. State of Oregon and Oregon Health Authority – Oregon
District Court: Oregon U.S. District Court, Portland Division Status: Pending
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the trade group for hospitals in Oregon, filed a suit in district court on October 3, 2022 against …
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District Court: Status: Pending
On January 25th, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had authorized a suit to block Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of two hospitals …
Ross v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pennsylvania
District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Shaw v. Advocate Aurora Health Inc et al – Wisconsin
District Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Status: Pending
On February 5, 2024, Plaintiffs brought suit on behalf of the class of Commercial Health Plan Members against Aurora Health Care and Advocate Aurora Health …
Emanate Health et al v. Optum Health et al – California
District Court: California Central District Court Status: Pending
On November 20, 2023, Emanate Health filed an antitrust suit against Optum Health with the US District Court for the Central District of California. Specific …
FTC and California v. John Muir Health and Tenet Healthcare – California
District Court: Northern District of California Status: Decided
In November 2023, the FTC and the California AG challenged John Muir Health’s proposed acquisition of San Ramon Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare. Both …
Louisiana Children’s Medical Center v. Attorney General of the United States et al. – Federal
District Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Status: Pending
This suit is the combination of multiple separate actions. First, Louisiana Children’s Medical Center sued the United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, Federal Trade …
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems v. State of Oregon and Oregon Health Authority – Oregon
District Court: Oregon U.S. District Court, Portland Division Status: Pending
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the trade group for hospitals in Oregon, filed a suit in district court on October 3, 2022 against …
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News & Opinions
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