Ari Markenson has published an article, “The Next Layer of Oversight: State Expansion of Healthcare Transaction Review Laws,” in the American University Washington College of Law Health Law & Policy Brief. The following is an excerpt:
Healthcare services involve humans, their lives, their health, and their overall physical and mental well-being. For those very reasons, essentially since the beginning of professional and organized healthcare services, federal, state, and local governments have sought to oversee and regulate the provision of such services. Moreover, advances in medical science, technology, and the business of healthcare have led to significant changes in the sophistication of healthcare services and associated business transactions. The healthcare industry is one of the most heavily regulated in the United States and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.
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