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Attorney General Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Hospital Mergers

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pause in Feds v. W.Va. Hospital Merger Battle

On March 24 the Federal Trade Commission issued an order temporarily putting on hold its hearing on the Cabell Huntington Hospital’s proposed acquisition of St. Mary’s Medical Center and Pallottine Health Services....more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Challenge Health System Combination

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) have challenged the proposed combination of The Penn State Hershey Medical Center (Hershey) and PinnacleHealth System (Pinnacle) in Harrisburg,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

FTC and Pennsylvania Challenge Penn State Hershey’s Planned Merger with PinnacleHealth System

BNA has reported the planned merger of Penn State Hershey Medical Center with PinnacleHealth System will be challenged in federal court by federal and state officials. The Federal Trade Commission and Pennsylvania’s...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Challenge Health System Combination

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) have challenged the proposed combination of The Penn State Hershey Medical Center (Hershey) and PinnacleHealth System (Pinnacle) in Harrisburg,...more

King & Spalding

FTC Challenges Pennsylvania Hospital Merger

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On December 8, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it would seek to block Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s (Hershey) proposed merger with Pinnacle Health System (Pinnacle), alleging that the combination...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Government Opposes Health Care Merger Between Penn State Hershey and PinnacleHealth Citing Potential for Reduced Competition and...

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General (“Attorney General”) publicly opposed the anticipated merger between Penn State Hershey Medical Center (“Penn State Hershey”)...more

Mintz

West Virginia AG Clears Merger Creating Second Largest Hospital Chain in the State with Conduct Remedy

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The federal antitrust enforcement agencies have trumpeted their preferences for structural, as opposed to conduct, remedies as the solution to potentially anticompetitive mergers. In contrast, State Attorneys General have...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

State Oversight of Anticompetitive Activity in Healthcare: Is a New Wave Ahead?

The Massachusetts Attorney General and others are currently advocating for legislation that would accord greater legal weight to the findings of an independent state agency, the Health Policy Commission, on the effects of...more

Baker Donelson

Recent State Attorney General Merger Enforcement: Charting a Different Path from the Feds - or Not?

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As hospital and physician consolidation continues, state Attorneys General (AG) have not abdicated the merger enforcement arena to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)...more

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