When competing health care providers affiliate by contract, rather than by merger or acquisition, they often face the challenge of structuring their joint activities to avoid liability under § 1 of the Sherman Act, which...more
In This Issue:
- What Providers Should Know
- Background
- Ruling
- Excerpt from What Providers Should Know:
A federal judge recently ordered a hospital system to unwind its year-old acquisition...more
In This Issue:
- Norman PHO
- Key Conclusions
- Implications for Established and Newly Forming Networks
- Excerpt from Norman PHO:
The Norman PHO is comprised of a single hospital system and...more
The U.S. Supreme Court on February 19th scaled back the "state action immunity" doctrine, siding with the Federal Trade Commission on an issue that had divided the lower courts and holding that a county Hospital Authority's...more
2/27/2013
/ Acquisitions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System ,
Government Entities ,
Governmental Immunity ,
Governmental Liability ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Monopolization ,
SCOTUS ,
State Action Doctrine