Tag: Accountable Care Organizations
Competitor Collaborations in Health Care: Understanding the Proposed ACO Antitrust Review...
Tasneem Chipty, May 12, 2011
Health care markets involve a complex interaction of facilities, physicians, and health plans to deliver patient care. Under ideal circumstances,...
ACOs And Antitrust Enforcement: Familiar Rules Raise New Concerns
Daniel Bachner, Mark Popofsky, Jane Willis, May 12, 2011
On March 31, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ")...
U.S. Antitrust 2025: How Have We Handled The Bulletproof Cartels?
Kent Bernard, Dec 16, 2010
There is a tendency, especially among those of us who count ourselves as antitrust lawyers or economists, to think that...
Are Clinically Integrated Physician Networks Candy-Coated Cartels?
Gregory Pelnar, Oct 11, 2010
Are "clinically integrated" physician networks that jointly contract with third-party payors such as Blue Cross little more than "candy-coated" cartels?...
The Interplay Between Competition and Clinical Integration: Why the Antitrust Agencies...
Gregory Vistnes, Oct 11, 2010
The Affordable Care Act provides for the formation of Accountable Care Organizations ("ACOs"). These ACOs will be composed of health...
Clinical Integration: The Balancing of Competition and Health Care Policies
Christi Braun, Oct 11, 2010
The reason that clinical integration is a topic on which the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the Department of Justice...
