Antitrust Law news from FierceHealthcare
NewsNew DOJ guidelines affect hospital mergers
As hospitals across the country find themselves merging, acquiring, or consolidating, updated policies from the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide guidelines to remedy the merger process, released Read more...
Federal antitrust scrutiny for insurers: It's about time
Over the past several years, health insurance companies have done an extremely good job of merging and acquiring each other. That's so much the case that in some markets, there's only one or two Read more...
Federal bill would drop antitrust exemption for health, malpractice insurers
A new bill has been introduced in the Senate that would repeal the antitrust exemption health and medical insurers currently enjoy. The bill, which is backed by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), would Read more...
FTC should reconsider healthcare antitrust standards
These days, doctors can't win for losing. On the one hand, they're supposed to be part of the solution when it comes to healthcare costs, but if they get aggressive in negotiating together, they'll Read more...
UnitedHealth will pay $350M to settle AMA class-action over Ingenix data
Just days after cutting a $50 million deal with the state of New York to address similar issues, UnitedHealth Group has agreed to pay $350 million to settle a class-action suit brought against it by Read more...
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