Antitrust enforcement; states are likely to be significant players in shaping antitrust enforcement in the new system

Article Abstract:

Pres Bill Clinton's health care reform proposal raises significant antitrust questions. The joint-venture-type managed competition vehicles advocated, such as health alliances and physicians' networks, are likely to be closely scrutinized by enforcement authorities to make sure they do not become monopolies engaging in anti-competitive behavior. States will play an important role in developing antitrust enforcement under health care reform since state action immunity allows them to enact laws preempting antitrust laws already on the books.

Analysis, Health care reform

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The Justice Department, in trying to block a hospital merger, has proposed redefining the relevant market by the number of 'anchor' hospitals it contains

Article Abstract:

A merger of NY hospitals has been challenged by the Justice Dept, under a product market definition theory based on the number of so-called anchor hospitals operating within a particular market. This unique way of defining a market in antitrust litigation may be a response to the federal government's losses in three previous hospital merger cases, but this theory is open to attack on several points. The case underscores the emergence of managed care as an issue in hospital mergers.

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Church, earthly realms clash on hospitals; Catholic hospitals must merge to survive, but critics call deals bargains with the devil

Article Abstract:

Some in the health care field see the merger of Catholic hospitals and secular ones as necessary for survival, but there is also the fear that such merger will result in the loss of Catholic health care traditions. For-profit hospitals admittedly exist to earn a profit for their shareholders and may differ with Catholic hospitals on such issues as charity care and abortion. Controversial mergers in Cleveland, OH and Chicago, IL are described.

Catholic hospitals

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