Starling Physicians is a primary care and multispecialty physician group that currently operates more than 30 locations across Connecticut. The acquisition closed March 1 and was announced March 3.
However, Certificate of Need Supervisor Steven Lazarus told Hartford Business Journal neither parties involved in the transaction filed a merger application with OHS. The office is now launching an inquiry to determine whether a certificate of need and state approval is required.
State law requires a certificate of need when there is a transfer in ownership “of a large group practice to any entity other than a physician, or group of two or more physicians, legally organized in a partnership, professional corporation or limited liability company,” the report said.
Read more on the transaction here.
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