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Judge Denies FTC’s Request to Enjoin Sale of Two Hospitals in North Carolina

Last week, a federal judge in North Carolina declined to preliminarily enjoin Novant Health, Inc.’s (“Novant”) acquisition of two hospitals from Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”). The FTC filed suit in federal court and...more

Stevens & Lee

Health Care Antitrust Update Part I: Key Developments in Antitrust Litigation Involving Health Care Acquisitions and Mergers

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Over the past several months, antitrust enforcement activity in the healthcare provider sector has continued to steadily increase. In the litigation context, this has involved, in addition to new lawsuits filed by the...more

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Agencies drastically revise Merger Guidelines and HSR process while withdrawing long-established antitrust healthcare guidance - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ,...more

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NY physician practice, MSO, and other health care transactions affected by new reporting rules

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The New York legislature recently enacted new reporting requirements that will affect health care transactions across the state. Effective August 1, 2023, certain “material” mergers, acquisitions, affiliation agreements, and...more

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Antitrust in focus - May 2023

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Pieter Huizing, partner based in Amsterdam, is our editor this month (learn more about Pieter in our Q&A feature at...more

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2023 Health Care Predictions

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See below the Saul Ewing LLP Health Law Practice Group 2023 predictions from various members of our practice group! Our colleagues help interested parties in the health care delivery system with transactional, regulatory,...more

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Global Healthcare Series: How COVID-19 Impacted Healthcare Transactions in the Asia Pacific

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The year 2020 saw a wave of healthcare activity in the Asia Pacific region. Buyouts rose to a record high of 156 deals in 2020, up from 68 in 2019. Disclosed value reached a new peak of $16.9 billion compared with $11 billion...more

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California Could See Regulatory Scrutiny of Post-COVID-19 Healthcare Transactions

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If a proposed bill by the California Senate is passed, parties to certain post-pandemic healthcare transactions involving private equity groups, hedge funds, healthcare systems, facilities, and provider groups would need to...more

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Deal Breaker – Cyber Security Risk in Health Care Transactions

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Health care organizations’ lack of compliance with the data privacy and security requirements of both state laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy, Security and Breach Notification...more

King & Spalding

FTC Closes Its Investigation Into Hospital Merger After Massachusetts Attorney General Settlement

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The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to close its investigation into the proposed merger of two health systems in eastern Massachusetts. The proposed transaction would bring together the Care Group, Inc., the...more

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Congress Responds to Proposed Health Care Mergers with Calls for Hearings and New Merger-Related Legislation

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December saw the announcement of several significant proposed mergers in the health care industry, each of which has the potential to reshape the industry. These transactions include both vertical mergers between health care...more

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2016 Antitrust Case Law And FTC Action Highlights FTC Agency’s Approach To Hospital Mergers

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In 2016, the Federal Trade Commission prevailed in litigation before the Third and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeal related to two high-profile hospital mergers. In both cases, the courts of appeal overturned the federal...more

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Federal Trade Commission's Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge Moves Forward: Third Circuit Halts Transaction Pending Trial Outcome

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A Federal Appeals Court has sided with the FTC and preliminarily blocked the proposed merger of the largest hospitals in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area, and Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System. The...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Third Circuit Grants FTC Injunction in Penn State Hershey-Pinnacle Merger, Overruling Lower Court

On September 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed the Federal Trade Commission a big win, overturning the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s denial of an injunction to block the proposed merger of Penn...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Penn State Hershey–Pinnacle Merger: A Turning Point in FTC’s Enforcement Authority, or Just a Temporary Setback?

As we have reported previously, the Federal Trade Commission recently has taken an aggressive stance in regulating mergers in the healthcare sector. The Commission has racked up a string of victories, but last week the...more

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Six Trends Impacting Health Care M&A in 2016

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From hospital expansions with large insurance deals to physician group consolidation, the continued outlook for health care mergers and acquisitions in 2016 is expected to be rampant. The following six factors will likely be...more

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Can Mergers Between Healthcare Providers in Different Markets Raise Antitrust Concerns? "Yes," Say Top Enforcers at FTC and DOJ

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In reviewing mergers of healthcare providers, government antitrust enforcers have historically focused on horizontal mergers between competing providers—in particular, those that result in high market shares in a specific...more

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St. Luke's Health: Does Improving Patient Care Justify a Merger Under Antitrust Law? Ninth Circuit Says "No" and Orders...

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Healthcare providers frequently consolidate to cut costs and improve patient care. These benefits can result from sharing administrative costs such as billing and electronic recordkeeping, eliminating excess capacity, better...more

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