Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Pentec Health, according to a news release.
Pentec Health, based in Glen Mills, Pa., is a provider of compounded sterile medications. The company’s formulations are used for administration in dialysis centers as well as providing in-home targeted drug delivery through nursing services and complex pharmaceutical products to patients…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that NovaQuest Capital Management has spun off its private equity unit into a new entity.
The entity, QHP Capital, is now pitching its second fund and targeting $425 million, according to the Wall Street Journal’s report that’s based on regulatory filings and discussions with people familiar with the fundraising.…
How to provide financial services to limited-English proficiency (“LEP”) consumers has become a pressing legal issue. Both federal and state laws provide requirements and limitations regarding translations of financial documents. Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a comprehensive statement encouraging financial institutions to provide services to LEP consumers. The CFPB also took enforcement action against a company for, among other things, deceptively marketing to Spanish-speaking consumers. Following the trend to protect LEP consumers, a new Nevada law, effective October 1, 2021, makes it a deceptive practice to not provide translations for certain financial contracts, agreements and disclosures (“Nevada Law”).
Under the Nevada Law, enacted as Assembly Bill No. 359, any person, who in the course of business, advertises and negotiates certain transactions in a language other than English must provide a translation of the contract or agreement that results from the advertising and negotiations. The translation must include every term and condition of the contract or agreement.
On Sept. 17, the U.S. Department of Justice released the results of its 2021 Healthcare Takedown — an annual announcement aggregating months of investigations and indictments across the country involving fraud in the healthcare and life sciences industries.
Read on for details and analysis of criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 medical professionals, related…
WindRose Health Investors has announced it has completed the sale of Vital Decisions to Evolent Health.
Vital Decisions, based in Edison, N.J., is a provider of technology-enabled advance care-planning services. Founded in 2006, the company provides collaborative decision making and advance care-planning support for members of a health plan’s population through a suite of…
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and San Jose State University (SJSU) settled the government’s Title IX investigation into a decade’s worth of sexual harassment allegations. The June 2020 allegations of “employee-on-student sexual harassment” and retaliation within the University’s athletics department prompted the government’s investigation. In September 2021, the government announced its findings against the University under Title IX, and its implementing regulations, that SJSU failed to respond to sexual assault allegations even though the SJSU had actual notice of these allegations. Chief among the University’s investigatory failures was its incomplete interview of affected complainants. Additionally, the school retaliated against two employees, one employee for urging the school to address the sexual harassment, including sexual assault, and the other employee for expressing opposition to retaliation against the reporting employee.
On Sept. 15, the Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement emphasizing that developers of health apps and other connected devices and their service providers must meet breach notification requirements under the Health Breach Notification Rule, including a rapid 10-day notice period to the FTC and a 60-day notice period to individuals and the media.…
Pharos Capital Group has announced it has acquired THEMA Health Services.
THEMA, based in Prescott, Ariz., is a provider of hospice, skilled home health and palliative care services throughout Arizona. Founded in 1996, the company provides hospice care, including routine medical care, pain and symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support for terminally ill…
SEC v. Bullard, et al. is a new complaint filed by the SEC in the District of Minnesota on August 27, 2021. The complaint alleges Jason Dodd Bullard and his wife Angela Romero-Bullard (the “Bullards”), the owners of Bullard Enterprises LLC (collectively “Defendants”), defrauded around 200 investors of approximately $17.6 million as part of a Ponzi scheme where the Bullards falsely claimed investors funds would be used to trade foreign currencies. The complaint alleges Defendants violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) and Rule 10-b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act.
1315 Capital has announced it has acquired Homestead Smart Health Plans.
Homestead Smart Health Plans, based in Philadelphia, operates in the reference-based pricing solutions market. It serves employers with a technology platform and service offerings, including third-party administration, reference-based pricing and stop-loss insurance.
1315 Capital, based in Philadelphia, is a healthcare-focused growth equity…
