States Propose New Laws Affecting Healthcare Real Estate Investors and Owners

When a handful of healthcare deals begins driving public policy, the ripple effects can reshape entire industries, including real estate. Real Estate attorney Jeffrey Calk and Healthcare Transactions attorney John Saran explore the fast-growing wave of state and federal legislation focusing on healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and drawing hospitals, physician groups, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and private equity investors into a far more complex regulatory regime. They share their experiences advising clients in this ever-changing field that blends healthcare and real estate, including how concerns about hospital consolidations, distressed health systems and sale-leaseback transactions have triggered a patchwork of proposed or enacted reporting rules, transaction approval requirements, deal moratoriums and financial safeguards. This conversation presents sharp, practical insights into why these regulatory and legislative development matter and how investors, providers and operators should respond to avoid being caught off guard.