Tag: Healthcare
US: House passes bill repealing antitrust exemption for health insurers
The House easily passed bills promoting association health plans and repealing the health insurance industry's exemption to the antitrust regulation, both considered part of...
US: Pennsylvania sees healthcare merger proposal
UPMC is pursuing an ambitious deal to affiliate with Harrisburg-based PinnacleHealth System, according to two people familiar with the talks, potentially giving UPMC entry...
US: Hospitals scrap merger over antitrust concern
Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem are ending their plans to merge following a federal judge's ruling Tuesday against the systems.
US District Judge...
US: Judge blocks Aetna’s $37 billion deal for Humana
A federal judge ruled on Monday that a $37 billion merger between the health insurance providers Aetna and Humana should not be consummated on...
Analyzing The Geographic Market In Hospital Mergers: Travel Patterns Take A...
By Andrea Levine & Andy Hasty -
This article looks at recent hospital merger cases which highlight not only the importance of a properly defined geographic...
FTC v. Penn State Hershey Medical Center: Third Circuit Appeal Could...
By Pete Levitas & Bryan M. Marra -
On May 9, 2016, District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied a joint...
FTC v. St. Luke’s: Is the Efficiencies Defense Dead or Alive?
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle
Deirdre McEvoy, Kathrina Szymborski, Apr 27, 2015
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling holding that...
SEP-14(2)
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Obama Care has brought a classic cost-benefit question in health care to the forefront: How to improve health care while controlling costs?...
APR-14(2)
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This issue looks at four health issues recently argued by the FTC. First we deal with the FDA's REMS program and how...
MAY-11(1)
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The FTC and DOJ have created a Draft Proposal regarding how they might analyze competitive aspects of ACOs created under ObamaCare.The Draft...
