The Department of Justice March 27 announced it is launching an Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force to advocate for “the elimination of anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition.” The DOJ said its Antitrust Division is seeking public comments until May 26 on laws and regulations considered to be the most significant barriers to competition in markets such as health care, housing, transportation, food and agriculture, and energy. 

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A new report from Kaufman Hall prepared for the AHA highlights new insights and data on hospital mergers and acquisitions. An AHA blog accompanying the report…
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Hospital consolidation is often discussed as if the only question that matters is whether a proposed merger increases commercial insurance prices. That…
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The AHA commented May 26 to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice on potential changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust…
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The AHA Feb. 24 commended recent remarks made by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Feb. 20, in which he said the commission should bring…
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Feb. 12 vacated a final rule by the Federal Trade Commission that changed premerger notification…
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Physicians are increasingly choosing to be employed instead of running their own small practices. Though a far higher percentage of physicians remain in…