Mergers & Acquisitions
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) provides resources on hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions and how consolidation impacts the health care field.
Mergers and acquisitions are one effective means for developing coordinated systems of care that fuel innovation and drive value-based care.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission Dec. 18 jointly issued the 2023 merger guidelines describing how the agencies review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana Sept. 27 ruled in favor of a LCMC Health and Tulane University partnership, concluding that the Certificate of Public Advantage granted by Louisiana exempts the transaction from federal antitrust laws.
The AHA today urged the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice not to finalize the draft guidelines describing how the agencies review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
The AHA today urged the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice not to finalize the draft guidelines describing how the agencies review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
The Agencies now offer draft merger guidelines that provide virtually no meaningful guidance to hospitals and health systems. The Draft Guidelines ignore serious flaws in contemporary enforcement practice and overlook recent judicial opinions that contradict their more aggressive proposed changes.…
AHA urged the Federal Trade Commission to withdraw its proposed changes to the premerger notification rules, form and instructions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, except to the extent they are required to implement the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association opposes the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) form and instructions.
Mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Most health care leaders agree that the future, especially for rural providers, will involve more cooperation and partnerships.
The AHA Aug. 1 joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to extend for at least 60 days the comment period for their draft guidance revising how they review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.