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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Preparing for the Future of Health Care Antitrust Scrutiny

Now, more than ever, health care organizations are facing complex antitrust issues as their mergers/acquisitions, hiring, contracting, and private funding are being scrutinized by the federal and state governments.  Proper...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Indiana Lawmakers Continue to Take Aim at Health Care Organization Mergers

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On February 27, 2024, the Indiana House of Representatives (“House”) voted to pass legislation that would call for increased scrutiny regarding mergers between health care organizations. More specifically, the implementation...more

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Warning - Transaction Delays Expected. State Notice Requirements Ahead for Health Care M&A!

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An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions.  These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more

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New York’s Disclosure of Material Transactions Law Takes Effect

As part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 New York State Budget, New York adopted legislation that granted the Department of Health (DOH or Department) oversight of certain health care transactions involving physician practices...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Healthcare M&A and New FTC and DOJ Merger Guidelines: What’s Next for Your Transactions? - August 9th, 12:30 pm - 1:30...

The FTC and DOJ’s proposed revised merger guidelines signal the Biden administration’s continued aggressive antitrust enforcement stance even as healthcare industry participants continue to seek to overcome the effects of...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

FTC and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Challenge Proposed Hospital Merger

On February 27, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an action to block a proposed transaction between Thomas Jefferson University d/b/a Jefferson Health (Jefferson) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Proposed Florida House Legislation Advances, Requiring Reporting to the State Proposed Hospital and Group Practice Acquisitions

A bill recently introduced in the Florida legislature (HB 1243) requires Florida hospitals and group physician practices contemplating mergers or acquisitions to provide advance notice of such transactions to the Florida...more

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Antitrust Analysis of Vertical Agreements in Multiprovider Health Care Networks

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Recent decisions outside of the health care industry—including the defeated efforts (at least at the district court level) to block the merger of AT&T and Time Warner and the recent decision from the Second Circuit upholding...more

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FTC's Winning Streak Restored: Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Chicago Hospital Merger, Competition...

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Recent appellate decisions confirm the uphill battle hospitals face when merging with other hospitals. On October 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the district court’s ruling in Federal Trade...more

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Seventh Circuit Hands FTC Another Geographic Market Definition Victory in Chicago Hospital Merger Case

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On October 31, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit handed another important victory to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Illinois in a hospital merger case in Chicago, Illinois. This...more

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FTC Scores Another Victory in FTC v. Advocate Health Care Network

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won another decisive victory in its effort to fight health care provider consolidation when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s decision denying the...more

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The End of the Road for Hershey Medical Center's Merger: Parties Abandon Transaction After Third Circuit Rules That Hospital...

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The decision serves as a reminder of the uphill battle that merging health care providers have faced since the FTC’s adoption of its current rigid market definition standard in 2007. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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Health Law Pulse - June 2016

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On May 9, 2016, a federal district court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rejected a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the pending merger (Merger) between Penn...more

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FTC Suffers Setback in Campaign to Slow the Rising Tide of Healthcare Consolidations

The FTC just suffered a major setback in its concerted efforts to challenge the ever growing number of consolidations in the healthcare industry, failing to secure a preliminary injunction to block a hospital merger in...more

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FTC Finally Loses a Hospital Merger Challenge … Now What?

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Handing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) its first defeat in a federal court hospital merger challenge in more than a decade, a federal district court judge yesterday denied the joint request of the FTC and the Attorney...more

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