Matthew J. Goldman

Matthew Goldman is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Century City office and is a member of the firm's healthcare practice team.

Areas of Practice

Matthew’s practice blends the regulatory and transactional components of healthcare law, and includes representation of hospitals, managed care organizations, medical groups, and other healthcare entities and providers. On the regulatory side, Matthew’s practice is focused on licensing, regulatory compliance, and managed care arrangements. Matthew has extensive experience preparing Knox-Keene HMO license applications and assisting clients with structuring shared-risk arrangements, developing and utilizing innovative payment methodologies, and ensuring compliance with applicable federal and state law. Matthew’s transactional practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances in the healthcare sector. 

Honors

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, 2023-2025

Articles

Healthcare Law Blog Posts

• "Update: Governor Newsom Vetoes California’s AB 3129 Targeting Healthcare Private Equity Deals," October 2, 2024

• "CMS Releases First Annual Evaluation Report for Kidney Care Choices Model," September 30, 2024

• "Update: AB 3129 Passes in California Senate and Nears Finish Line," September 6, 2024
• "Update: OHCA Approves Amendments to Cost and Market Impact Review (CMIR) Regulations," September 3, 2024

• "Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill to Increase Oversight of Private Equity Healthcare Transactions," July 25, 2024

• "OHCA Proposes Amendments to its Cost and Market Impact Review Program," June 13, 2024

• "California’s AB 3129: A New Hurdle for Private Equity Health Care Transactions on the Horizon?" April 18, 2024

• "The Stage is Set: California Finalizes OHCA Regulations Requiring Notice and Review of Material Healthcare Transactions in 2024," January 2, 2024

• "COVID-19 Impacts and Outcomes on Hospital Margins in 2021: Increased Activity in Hospital Transactions in 2022?," January 10, 2022

• "CMS Announces Final Organizations for the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model, Halts Additional Applications and Future Solicitations," April 9, 2021

• "The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: A New Lease on Life for the Affordable Care Act?" March 26, 2021

• "CMS Announces New Geographic Direct Contracting Model: Letters of Interest Due by December 21, 2020," December 8, 2020

• "Texas v. California: SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments About the Constitutionality of the ACA," November 17, 2020
• "ERISA: The Erosion of State Health Regulation Rights," November 24, 2020
• "The Death of RBG…and the ACA?," September 25, 2020

• "Getting Ahead of California’s Post-Pandemic M&A Surge: California Senate Bill 977 Seeks to Expand Attorney General Oversight of Healthcare Acquisitions and Affiliations involving Hospitals, Health Systems, Private Equity Groups, and Hedge Funds," May 28, 2020

• "Will COVID-19 Prompt “Holdout States” to Reconsider Medicaid Expansion?," May 26, 2020

• "CMS Issues COVID-19 Prevention Guidance for PACE Organizations," April 6, 2020
• "ACA Medicaid Expansion Weakens: Trump Administration Unveils Optional Plan for Block Grants," February 11, 2020
• "Update to Texas v. United States: Fifth Circuit Strikes Individual Mandate, Remands on Severability," December 23, 2019
• "JUST IN: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaches Decision on Latest Case Involving Constitutionality of ACA," December 18, 2019

• "Update to Texas v. United States: DOJ Files a Brief in Support of Eliminating the ACA," May 6, 2019 
• "CMS Announces New Initiative for Value-Based Transformation of Primary Care," April 23, 2019 
• "Update to Texas v. United States," April 4, 2019 
• "New Regulation Clarifies DMHC’s Position Regarding Knox-Keene Licensing," March 27, 2019 
• "340B Drug Pricing Program Litigation Update: Court Rejects CMS Drug Pricing Cuts," January 14, 2019
• "Texas v. United States: Texas Federal Court 'Strikes Down' the ACA," December 19, 2018 
• "Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition: The Trump Administration Recommends Healthcare De-Regulation," December 18, 2018 
• "Midterms Bring New Focus to Healthcare," November 12, 2018 
• "New California Law re HMO M&A," November 2, 2018 
• "More Than 700 CEOs of Hospitals and Health Systems Write to Congress to Stop Cuts to the 340B Drug Pricing Program," October 10, 2018 
• "CMS Continues to Push for Hospital Price Transparency in Final Rule," August 10, 2018 
• "The Trump Administration Allows for Longer 'Short-Term' Health Insurance Policies, but Coverage Stays the Same," August 3, 2018
• "Following Repeal of the Individual Mandate, Twenty States Challenge the Affordable Care Act," June 15, 2018 
• "CMS Pushes for Hospital Price Transparency in Proposed Rule," May 11, 2018
• "CMS Proposes “Wind Down” Plan for Federal Exchanges," April 12, 2018 
• "California Sues Sutter Health Alleging Anti-Competitive Practices," April 6, 2018 
• "New DOJ Guidance Policy Limits Use of Guidance Documents in Federal Civil Actions," February 20, 2018 
• "The Bipartisan Budget Act Boosts Medicare: Flexibility and Financing for Healthcare Plans and Providers," February 15, 2018 
• "340B Drug Pricing Program Litigation Update," January 4, 2018 
• "Have the Reports of the Affordable Care Act’s Death Been Greatly Exaggerated?" January 2, 2018
• "President Trump Signs Tax Reform Bill Into Law," December 22, 2017
• "The 340B Drug Pricing Program: New CMS Final Rule Draws a Motion for Preliminary Injunction from Hospital Groups," November 17, 2017 
• "Clean Up on Aisle 12! The Obamacare Pop-Up Store is Open but Stocks are Limited," November 3, 2017 
• "Trump Administration Pulls the Plug on CSR Payments," October 13, 2017 
• "Nine Days and Counting – The Fate of CHIP Remains Uncertain Amid Congressional Deadlock," October 9, 2017  
• "Effects of Insurance Marketplace Uncertainty," September 21, 2017
• "MACRA Update: How to Prepare for Changes in MIPS," September 8, 2017
• "CMS Aims to Nix Obama-Era Payment Models,"  August 30, 2017
• "ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions– A Momentary Reprieve and Ongoing Doubts," August 25, 2017
• "Recent Department of Justice Crackdown on Fraud and Abuse," July 24, 2017
• "Part VIII: BCRA – What Is Dead May Never Die," July 18, 2017
• "Part VII: The Senate’s Response to the American Health Care Act," June 29, 2017
• "When your Hospital-of-Choice is In-Network but, SURPRISE, your Anesthesiologist is Not: California’s AB-72 and Other State Responses to the Surprise Billing Pandemic," June 20, 2017
• "ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions: An Uncertain Future," May 5, 2017
• "Part VI: An Update on the American Health Care Act," May 5, 2017 
• "Part V: A Brief Overview of the American Health Care Act," March 9, 2017

• "Part IV: The ACA, Post-Inauguration," February 7, 2017
• "Part III: Exploring 'Repeal and Replace,'" December 21, 2016

• "Part II: Implications of a Partial Obamacare Repeal," December 6, 2016

• "Part I: How We Got Here: President Obama to Obamacare to President-elect Trump," November 18, 2016

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