Hospital and Other Health-Care Provider Mergers and Acquisitions
Summary
Health-care mergers and acquisitions are frequently subject to antitrust scrutiny. Due in part to the local markets and high costs of building new hospitals, hospital mergers and acquisitions in particular are often the subject of antitrust challenges. This practice note covers the relevant antitrust laws, government agency review process, and antitrust hurdles and challenges involved when you represent a health-care client in a merger or acquisition. This practice note focuses on mergers and acquisitions of hospitals and other health-care providers and uses examples and illustrations based on the hospital, outpatient providers, physician practices, and other health-care providers. This practice note also provides guidance on the practical aspects, strategies and details of working on a merger and includes important information about recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) merger enforcement actions in the health-care industry and the guiding principles that have come out of those ...