By Sean P. McConnell, Nina Kalandadze, Annamarie Hufford-Bucklin and Stephanie Sun
State legislatures across the country are reshaping the legal landscape for healthcare market transactions at an unprecedented pace—and with significant variation from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Laws expanding premerger visibility into healthcare deals, requiring greater ownership and affiliation transparency, restricting private equity involvement in clinical enterprises, recalibrating certificate of need frameworks and limiting post-employment noncompete agreements for physicians and other clinicians are proliferating at the state level. While federal scrutiny of healthcare transactions remains significant, state-level legislation increasingly imposes independent obligations that may alter deal planning, governance structures and employment arrangements.
To support planning and compliance, Duane Morris has created an interactive map tracking enacted state measures aimed at tightening oversight of healthcare consolidation, limiting noncompete agreements and curbing private equity influence.
Read the full Alert and view the interactive map on the Duane Morris LLP website.