Law360, New York (October 8, 2015, 11:24 AM EDT) -- Many health care providers are actively pursuing and implementing major initiatives, structures, affiliations and transactions in order to better position themselves for the changing health care payment and regulatory landscape. Some such transactions are the result of a renewed effort by some health care providers to focus on core strengths and services and shed those that are not essential, too costly or could potentially be performed better and more efficiently by other parties. Sales of certain health care business and patient service divisions, including, but not limited to, sale by certain hospitals and health systems of laboratory outreach businesses falls within this latter category of transactions....