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Antitrust Laws No Help to Excluded Physicians

Duane Morris Health Law medical_staff_privileges lebowitz antitrust healthcare_litigation exclusive_contracts | Health Law | Wednesday April 25, 2012 | By Philip H. Lebowitz

When physicians are excluded from medical staff privileges because the hospital has entered into an exclusive agreement with other physicians, the element of “exclusion” often raises the suggestion that somehow the antitrust laws are implicated and competition...

FTC Revises HSR Filing Thresholds

Duane Morris on Capital Markets filing_thresholds ftc antitrust spencer hart_scott_rodino hsr filing_fees | M&A | Wednesday February 08, 2012 | By Thomas G. Spencer

The Federal Trade Commission has made its annual adjustments to the thresholds for determining whether a transaction is reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.   Under HSR, transactions that satisfy specified thresholds may not...

Final ACO Rule – Some Highlights For Physicians

Duane Morris Health Law ftc medicare_fee_for_service_program aco acos shared_savings_models medicare cms shared_savings final_rule antitrust weiner emr minimum_savings_rate aco's dept._of_justice aco_final_rule | Health Law | Friday November 04, 2011 | By William L. Weiner

Two weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the final rule (“Final Rule”) for accountable care organizations (“ACO’s”).   CMS released the Final Rule after receiving more than 1,300 comments to the proposed regulations...

Final Antitrust Policy Statement Regarding ACOs in...

Duane Morris Health Law medicare_shared_savings_program antitrust us_federal_trade_commission us_department_of_justice | Healthcare Reform | Friday October 21, 2011 | By DuaneMorris3

On October 20, 2011, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which coordinate enforcement of the antitrust laws, issued their final Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the...

AT&T, T-Mobile & Behavioral Remedies

Duane Morris TechLaw telecom fcc competition mergers antitrust manishin | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Monday July 25, 2011 | By Glenn B. Manishin

The world of communications has been dominated for three decades, since United States v. AT&T, by a rather unusual confluence of antitrust and regulation. This has led to several noteworthy cases over the years addressing the interplay of the two regimes...


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