Bloomberg reports that Walgreens, Krogers, Safeway and other stores are suing Wyeth and Teva for conspiring to keep a generic version of the Effexor XR
What happens when an unstoppable force meets the immovable object? The Governor threatens to pass a law. Duopoly Bilateral monopoly litigation between the largest health system
My summary: If a provider is clinically integrated enough to qualify as a Medicare ACO, that’s good enough for antitrust law too. From the October
In this morning’s Boston Globe, Robert Weisman reports that the Beth Israel Deaconess Harvard Hospital lost 150 physicians in a defection to an upstart venture
The draft FTC/DOJ Joint Statement on ACO Antitrust Enforcement attracted 127 written comments by health system stakeholders and lobbyists (synonyms?). The new Final Joint Statement
Independent physicians cannot jointly negotiate prices and contracts with health plans. But someone in Massachusetts wants to overturn state and federal antitrust laws so doctors
UPDATED – the case remands back to the district court – see at the bottom Certificate of Need (CON) laws are a holdover from President
After a quiet decade, suddenly health care antitrust is hot: 1. Provider contracting MA DHCFP Hearings (June 2011) – several CEOs of Massachusetts hospitals and
The executives at Partners and other high-priced Massachusetts hospitals will have some explaining to do at the upcoming hearings. The merger creating Partners was blessed
“State action “ antitrust immunity is an often-overlooked element of Vermont’s reform plan. I don’t worry about provider market power with a single payer. But
This post is part of a series on Vermont’s single payment system law. The Vermont single-payment system legislation requires competitors to work together in a collaborative
