The FTC and Hospital Merger Enforcement

Health Care Competition - Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission enforces the antitrust laws in health care markets to prevent anticompetitive conduct that would deprive consumers of the benefits ...

Understanding the Role of the FTC, DOJ, and States in Challenging ...

This brief explains the role of federal and state antitrust agencies in challenging anticompetitive practices among hospitals and other ...

Hospitals and Clinics - Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block John Muir Health's proposed $142.5 million deal to acquire sole ownership of San Ramon Regional Medical Center, ...

The FTC is cracking down on big healthcare companies - PIRG

Corporations are becoming the norm in health care, and agencies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) know that what's good for business ...

Biden's FTC Has Blocked 4 Hospital Mergers and Is Poised to ...

The president has directed the Federal Trade Commission to carefully consider health industry mergers that may stymie competition and drive ...

Current Issues in Health Care Antitrust Enforcement at the Federal ...

The Commission has issued new guidance on health care provider joint ventures and brought another challenge to a hospital merger in federal court.

THE CONTINUING SAGA OF HOSPITAL MERGER ENFORCEMENT

Capps served as the FTC's expert on antitrust issues in its challenges to the acquisition of Rock- ford Memorial Hospital by OSF Health System ( ...

Merger Review | Federal Trade Commission

How Mergers are Reviewed Among the key provisions in U.S. antitrust law is one designed to prevent anticompetitive mergers or acquisitions.

Merger Review | Federal Trade Commission

The Bureau of Competition is committed to preventing mergers and acquisitions that are likely to reduce competition and lead to higher prices, lower quality ...

Is the FTC's Campaign Against Hospital Mergers Effective?

The FTC has recently blocked some hospital mergers, but its guidelines limit its ability to derail a broader trend.

Government Enforcement and Guidance in Health Care Antitrust

INTRODUCTION As often has been noted, health care antitrust is a field where the actions and statements of the federal and state antitrust enforcement ...

Hospital M&A studies highlight higher prices, tepid FTC action

A pair of academic studies published this week painted an unflattering picture of hospital dealmaking's impact on healthcare prices and regulators' track ...

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?

The $1.3 trillion US hospital sector accounts for 6% of national GDP. Over the past 20 years, there have been well over 1000 mergers among the nation's ...

The Health Care and Antitrust Interface in an Era of Fundamental ...

The Federal Trade Commission, for example, has just completed its final antitrust review of the largest hospital merger in U.S. history: Columbia/HCA ...

FTC Antitrust Underenforcement Increases Hospital Prices

A study published in the American Economic Review reveals that the Federal Trade Commission challenged only 1% of mergers from 2000 to 2020, ...

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the U.S. Hospital Sector?

Abstract. From 2002 to 2020, there were over 1,000 mergers of U.S. hospitals. During this period, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took enforcement ...

FTC merger enforcement hits highest level in 20 years

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department filed 50 merger enforcement actions in fiscal year 2022 — the highest level of ...

Physician Group and Healthcare Facility Merger Study

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered six insurance companies to provide information that will allow the agency to study the effects of consummated ...

Lax antitrust enforcement linked to rising hospital prices - YaleNews

A new study co-authored by a Yale economist provides evidence that insufficient antitrust enforcement in the US hospital sector is contributing to reduced ...

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?

Twenty percent of US hospital mergers that occurred between 2002 and 2020 could have been predicted to lessen competition using the Federal Trade Commission's ...