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Recent Action in Healthcare Markets
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 …
AB 1570 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Optometry: certification to perform advanced procedures. This bill would authorize an optometrist certified to treat glaucoma to obtain certification to perform specified advanced procedures in a patient 18 years of age or older if the …
AB 2258 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health care coverage: cost sharing. This bill would prohibit a group or individual nongrandfathered health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, from imposing …
AB 2297 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Hospital and Emergency Physician Fair Pricing Policies. This bill would authorize an emergency physician to choose to grant eligibility for a discount payment policy to patients with incomes over 400% of the federal poverty level. …
HB 4130 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Prohibits a shareholder, director or officer of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine, or a professional corporation organized for the purpose of allowing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to jointly …
HB 2644 – Arizona
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
The bill proposes an amendment to Title 36 of the Arizona Revised Statutes by adding a new chapter that pertains to health care employment. Specifically, it introduces a definition for “noncompete clause” as a clause …
SB 360 – Virginia
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. …
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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 …
AB 1570 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Optometry: certification to perform advanced procedures. This bill would authorize an optometrist certified to treat glaucoma to obtain certification to perform specified advanced procedures in a patient 18 years of age or older if the …
AB 2258 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health care coverage: cost sharing. This bill would prohibit a group or individual nongrandfathered health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, from imposing …
AB 2297 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Hospital and Emergency Physician Fair Pricing Policies. This bill would authorize an emergency physician to choose to grant eligibility for a discount payment policy to patients with incomes over 400% of the federal poverty level. …
HB 4130 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Prohibits a shareholder, director or officer of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine, or a professional corporation organized for the purpose of allowing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to jointly …
HB 2644 – Arizona
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
The bill proposes an amendment to Title 36 of the Arizona Revised Statutes by adding a new chapter that pertains to health care employment. Specifically, it introduces a definition for “noncompete clause” as a clause …
SB 360 – Virginia
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. …
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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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