Nonprofit health system Ascension Health Alliance must divest several of its surgery center facilities in order to complete its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg LLC, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.
A first-of-its-kind halt on new Medicare enrollment for hospice and home health providers is shaking up dealmaking in the growing industry. A tougher enforcement landscape calls for more diligence from buyers and sellers, and renewed efforts to avoid what is known as the 36-month rule.
Facing mounting court losses in challenges to civil subpoenas, justice officials escalated the Trump administration's opposition to gender care providers with a grand jury's criminal subpoena.