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Recent Action in Healthcare Markets
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-477i – Connecticut
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
§ 38a-477i. Contract provisions containing all-or-nothing clauses, anti-steering clauses, anti-tiering clauses or gag clauses prohibited. DOWNLOAD Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-477i STATUTE PDF HERE
SB 1093 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the requirement to obtain a certificate of need to establish or relocate certain healthcare facilities or initiate certain healthcare services, except for the initiation of services for a burn unit or organ …
SB 1312 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the prohibition on employment of radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, and emergency physicians by hospitals and hospital affiliates
SF 304 – Iowa
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill aims to regulate noncompete covenants – agreements that restrict employees from working for a competing employer for a certain period after leaving their current jobs – by putting certain restrictions. For instance, if …
SF 426 – Iowa
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill aims to regulate noncompete covenants (agreements restricting an employee from working for competitors or starting a similar business post-employment) involving nurses. Noncompete covenants for nurses making less than 150% of the minimum wage …
HB 0055 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the ability of a health insurance carrier to disregard an insured’s assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician under certain conditions.
HB 0584 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
As enacted, authorizes a hospital, or an affiliated entity of the hospital, to employ an emergency physician to treat patients at a satellite emergency department, or a physician to treat patients at a primary care …
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Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
§ 38a-477i. Contract provisions containing all-or-nothing clauses, anti-steering clauses, anti-tiering clauses or gag clauses prohibited. DOWNLOAD Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-477i STATUTE PDF HERE
SB 1093 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the requirement to obtain a certificate of need to establish or relocate certain healthcare facilities or initiate certain healthcare services, except for the initiation of services for a burn unit or organ …
SB 1312 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the prohibition on employment of radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, and emergency physicians by hospitals and hospital affiliates
SF 304 – Iowa
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill aims to regulate noncompete covenants – agreements that restrict employees from working for a competing employer for a certain period after leaving their current jobs – by putting certain restrictions. For instance, if …
SF 426 – Iowa
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
This bill aims to regulate noncompete covenants (agreements restricting an employee from working for competitors or starting a similar business post-employment) involving nurses. Noncompete covenants for nurses making less than 150% of the minimum wage …
HB 0055 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
As introduced, removes the ability of a health insurance carrier to disregard an insured’s assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician under certain conditions.
HB 0584 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
As enacted, authorizes a hospital, or an affiliated entity of the hospital, to employ an emergency physician to treat patients at a satellite emergency department, or a physician to treat patients at a primary care …
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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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