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On March 20, 2026, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced the formation of an internal Healthcare Task Force (the “Task Force”) and, in a memorandum issued the same day, directed the FTC’s Bureaus of Competition, Consumer Protection, and Economics, along with the Office of Policy Planning and the Office of Technology, to... READ MORE

On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) motion for a stay pending appeal of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s (the “District Court”) decision vacating the FTC’s 2024 Final Rule (the “2024 Rule”) revising the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino (“HSR”) premerger... READ MORE

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”), as amended, requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions that meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds (shown below) to file a premerger notification (an “HSR Filing”) with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Premerger Notification Office and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division and... READ MORE

Baltimore City (MD) announced a $48M PILOT (payments in lieu of taxes) agreement with several hospitals and universities. Under the agreement, annual PILOT payments by hospitals and universities will grow from $6M to $12M. Hospitals signing the agreement include Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, MedStar Hospitals, Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical... READ MORE

UnitedHealth Group Inc. has completed its $3.3B acquisition of Amedisys, a company that operates over 500 home health and hospice sites throughout the country. During a recent U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing, legislators criticized tax-exempt hospitals for failing to provide adequate charity care and community benefits in excess of the estimated $37.4B in... READ MORE

The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by a quarter-point and projected it would do so twice more this year. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cited labor market constraints as a primary driver for the cut. Cleveland Clinic sold 24 outpatient facilities in a $350M sale-leaseback transaction. Twenty of the properties are located... READ MORE

While institutional investor groups are a major acquirer of medical outpatient buildings (MOBs), the past 18 months have seen a surge in “reverse monetizations” where hospitals and health systems are buying (or buying back) such buildings. Hospitals purchased $2.8B worth of MOBs in 2024 and $761M in 1H 2025, accounting for about 23 percent... READ MORE

According to CBRE, medical outpatient building (MOB) transaction volume increased 32% in Q2 with $2.2 billion in investments. Phoenix was the top market in terms of investment volume, followed by Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The average MOB cap rate was 7.4%. The average sale price per square foot was $277, which is 40%... READ MORE

The North Carolina Medical Facilities Plan has identified a need for 267 more hospital beds in Wake County, NC. Duke Health, Novant Health, UNC Health and WakeMed have all filed proposals for projects in the area. Children’s hospitals are performing well today, but experts believe Medicaid cuts that go into effect next year could... READ MORE

A joint venture among MUSC, McLeod Health, Hope Health and Francis Marion University, along with the State of South Carolina, opened a behavioral health facility in Florence, South Carolina, to expand mental health services and replace an outdated facility. The $123M facility includes 63 inpatient beds. AdventHealth purchased a 35,000-square-foot medical office building in... READ MORE