Tagged: CPOM

California Attorney General Escalates Corporate Practice Enforcement in Medical and Dental Care

California has long maintained one of the country’s more developed prohibitions on the Corporate Practice of Medicine (“CPOM”) and the Corporate Practice of Dentistry (“CPOD”). Recent activity from California Attorney General Rob Bonta suggests that these doctrines are increasingly used as enforcement tools in arrangements involving management services organizations (“MSOs”), dental service organizations (“DSOs”), professional...

Vermont Joins Growing Trend to Oversee Private Equity Investment in Clinical Care

On June 15, 2026, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.583 (“Act 133”) into law, making Vermont the most recent state to reinforce their Corporate Practice of Medicine doctrine by restricting private equity and hedge fund influence over clinical decision-making. The legislation follows a flurry of interest from states inspired by similar legislative action in both...

Oregon CPOM Law Faces Early Review in Eugene Emergency Physicians v. PeaceHealth

Oregon’s sweeping new corporate practice of medicine (“CPOM”) law, Senate Bill 951 (“SB 951”), has already faced its first major courtroom test. As discussed in our prior post, SB 951 significantly expands Oregon’s restrictions on healthcare management services organization (“MSO”) structures and so-called “friendly PC” models. Among other things, SB 951 limits overlapping MSO/PC ownership,...

Corporate Transparency Act and the Friendly Physician Model

On January 1, 2024, final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) went into effect in order to implement the requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). For background on the CTA and an outline of the final regulations generally, please see this separate Dorsey publication written by...