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Antitrust Exemption Allows Health System to Avoid All Claims for Damages in Antitrust Class Action

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Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Healthcare System) scored a big victory in its defense of an antitrust class action on March 4, when the Court ruled that the plaintiffs in Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg...more

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DOJ Provides Additional Insight into Its Recent Anti-Steering Settlement

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Last month the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced a proposed settlement in its anti-steering case against Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System) (“Atrium”). US v. The...more

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Urges FTC to Launch Probe Into Allegedly Anti-Competitive Contracts Between Hospitals and Insurers

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On October 10, 2018, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, urged the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct an assessment of potentially anti-competitive provisions in contracts between...more

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Attempted Monopolization Suit Based on Alleged Referral Steering Moves Forward with Court’s Acceptance as Plausible of a...

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A private home health care agency’s attempted monopolization suit against a dominant public hospital system and its home health care agency will move forward following a federal district court’s denial of the defendant...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2017

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OIG Advisory Opinions - Manufacturer's Free Replacement of Spoiled Pharmaceutical Products Authorized - On Aug. 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...more

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DOJ Anti-Steering Suit Against Carolinas Healthcare Survives Preliminary Motion

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On March 30, 2017, in a closely watched case, a federal district court denied the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by Carolinas Healthcare against the DOJ Antitrust Division and State of North Carolina’s Complaint...more

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U.S. Department of Justice Sues North Carolina Hospital System for Insisting on Anti-Steering Provisions in Insurance...

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On June 9, 2016, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (“DoJ”) filed a complaint against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, d/b/a Carolinas Health Care System (“CHS”) in the United...more

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DOJ and NC File Antitrust Suit Challenging Anti-Steering Restrictions in Payor Contracts

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A popular weapon used to contain health care expenditures is the creation by payors and employers of tiered provider networks, which by differentiated co-pays attempt to steer insureds to less expensive choices. In...more

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