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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

All or Nothing: Federal Court Decides Exclusion from ‘Some’ Patients Insufficient for Refusal to Deal Claim

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A federal district court in the Eighth Circuit dismissed claims brought against a physician-hospital organization and an insurer alleging that the defendants violated federal antitrust laws by refusing to deal with certain...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Grants First Waiver of Stark Law Expansion Restrictions—Are More Ahead?

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Are changes to the landscape of physician hospital ownership ahead? The Affordable Care Act amended the federal Stark Law to eliminate the “whole hospital exception” that permitted self-referrals provided the referring...more

Baker Donelson

FTC's Success in St. Luke's Challenge Shows Litigation Risks to Merging Hospitals and Physicians

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In the first fully litigated challenge by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to a hospital acquisition of physician practices, a federal district court judge ruled that St. Luke’s Health System’s (St. Luke’s) acquisition of a...more

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FTC Victory in Idaho Hospital-Physician Acquisition Case Should be a Wake-Up Call for Future and Past Deals

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The ink is still drying on the Idaho federal district court’s order requiring St. Luke’s Health System (“St. Luke’s”) to unwind its acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group (“Saltzer”) – a for-profit, physician-owned,...more

McAfee & Taft

Norman Physician Hospital Organization — Factors Supporting Clinical Integration

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Clinical integration is a somewhat imprecisely defined concept in the health care industry. Lawyers and health care executives have identified components and elements of clinical integration and frequently ask how many of...more

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Discussions Among Physician Groups - Avoiding Antitrust Issues

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Driven by Federal Health Care Reform and a desire to remain independent of hospitals and health care systems, physician groups are actively exploring different collaborative and alignment options, including the formation of...more

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Hospital-Physician Mergers: Practical Issues and Steps to Minimize Antitrust Risk

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Recently, hospitals have been actively acquiring primary care and specialty physician groups, resulting in the employment of those physicians. This trend has occurred largely in response to reimbursement changes and other...more

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