Legislation

Private Equity in Healthcare: What Changes Now

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Private Equity in Healthcare: What Changes Now

Private equity in healthcare is reshaping costs, staffing, and oversight. Here’s what operators, investors, and policymakers should watch now.

Legislation Restricting PE Role in Healthcare

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A few weeks back, I wrote a post on the growing scrutiny private equity is receiving regarding ownership and investment in healthcare companies.  That post is here Private Equity Ownership Scrutiny – Reg’s Blog At the end of that post, I mentioned a follow-up piece on the legislative efforts ongoing at the Federal level, focused … Read more

Private Equity Ownership Scrutiny

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Private equity investment and ownership in healthcare businesses has been a frequent topic in the news, with coverage largely focusing on negative aspects of private equity’s involvement and engagement in this sector. Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments One notable case highlighting concerns about private equity’s role in healthcare occurred in Sacramento County. A jury awarded … Read more

The ACA Subsidies: Where we Are, What’s Next

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On December 11,2025, the Senate rejected competing bills addressing Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, resulting in the expiration of tax credits and the prospect of higher health insurance premiums for many Americans in 2026. Both a Democratic bill intended to extend these subsidies and a Republican proposal involving Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) failed to pass, … Read more

Federal Assisted Living Regulatory Initiative

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Last week via a member news release from Leading Age Minnesota, the specter of federalized Assisted Living regulation popped up. Per this release, legislation enabling federal assisted living regulation of some form is anticipated to be proposed by U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) prior to the year’s end. The primary outcome of what Senator Kelly … Read more

Private Equity Update – Regulation

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Not too long ago, I wrote a post regarding federal legislative activity seeking to impose regulation on Private Equity firms investing in senior living organizations (SNFs, home health, hospice, assisted living).  That post is available here: https://rhislop3.com/2024/06/13/private-equity-investment-in-nursing-home-sector-generates-regulatory-scrutiny/ That post focused on a bill known as the Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act of 2024 aims … Read more

Private Equity Investment in Nursing Home Sector Generates Regulatory Scrutiny

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Private equity investment in the nursing home and assisted living sector (other post-acute as well) continues to be a focus of regulatory activity in Congress.  This is despite private equity investment in the nursing home sector to be involve about 5% of facilities. Home health has seen an increasing investment interest as well from private … Read more

Friday Feature: An End to Arbitration Clauses?

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TGIF! It’s been a long week with the eclipse and lots of economic news plus all the stuff going on in the Middle East. My inbox is flooded so weekend reading will need to include a lot of parsing and pitching. On Tuesday in the Senate, a bill was introduced by Senators Blumenthal (CT) and … Read more

Legislation Grab Bag

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Within the normal news cycle, legislation often gets ignored, especially in this hyper volatile election cycle we have begun. I’m expecting very little in terms of reform or new legislation on important healthcare issues to come forward, and, so far, I’m right. With near gridlock due to small opposing majorities in both houses of Congress, … Read more