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02, 2023
15
12, 2022
Healthcare Consolidation Q4 2022: Cross-Market Mergers Continue Apace
2022 has been an active year in healthcare consolidation as well as for merger challenges and enforcement. As we approach the year end, healthcare deals continued as many entities seek to close the transactions before the new year. Increasingly, as seen in the 4th quarter, healthcare deals are shifting to cross-market transactions, making review and enforcement efforts more challenging. In case you missed it, this final Litigation and Enforcement Highlights of the year will help you catch up on some of the cross-market deals in Q4 2022 that caught our attention. Advocate Aurora [...]
2
08, 2022
11
07, 2022
2
06, 2022
HB 1175
Physician noncompete agreements. Specifies that the reasonable price of a noncompete agreement buyout may not exceed $75,000 under the following circumstances: (1) the physician's employer is a hospital system located in Allen County; (2) the physician has completed a minimum of eight years of employment with the hospital system; and (3) the physician practices primary care and specializes in family medicine.
2
06, 2022
HB 1295
Physician noncompete agreements. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may require binding arbitration to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement.
2
06, 2022
SB 400
Physician noncompete agreements. Specifies a process by which a physician or employer may require binding arbitration to determine a reasonable price to purchase a release from a noncompete agreement.
28
04, 2022
SB 298
Certificates of public advantage. Defines "merger" and "merger agreement" for purposes of the certificate of public advantage (certificate) for certain hospital mergers. Requires the state department of health (state department) to actively supervise a merger. Allows the state department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or a postsecondary educational institution to study the impacts of the certificate of public advantage on the community's health metrics and outcomes. Requires holders of a certificate to pay for reasonable charges incurred by the state department.
28
04, 2022
HB 1270
Nonprofit hospital and insurer reporting. Requires a nonprofit hospital with more than 100 beds to report annually specified financial information to the state department of health. Requires a nonprofit hospital and a health carrier to post and send certain information at least 45 days before a public forum. Modifies requirements concerning the: (1) date on which the public forum must be held; (2) topics that must be discussed at a public forum; (3) submission of questions and feedback at a public forum; and (4) use of technology to allow attendance through real time audio [...]
28
04, 2022
SB 249
Health insurance transparency. Specifies that the compliance of a practitioner and a provider facility with federal law meets the good faith estimate requirements concerning health service costs. Allows the commissioner of the department of insurance to issue an order to discontinue a violation of a law (current law specifies orders or rules). Requires a domestic stock insurer to file specified information with the department of insurance. Prohibits a health plan from requiring a health care provider to submit a prior authorization request to a third party and requires the health plan to transmit the [...]