Over the past 3 years, FTC officials have signaled they would scrutinize private equity acquisitions in health care, like the recent FTC civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices.
Spurred by the sharp rise in email messaging during the pandemic, a growing number of health systems have started charging patients when physicians send replies to their messages.
KP's physicians would be involved in developing a "platform" to offer Geisinger and other health systems its value-based care expertise, including in design of care models, pharmacy practices, consumer digital engagement.
Since the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to abortion in June, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh says these cases put her and doctors like her in an impossible position
The new Democratic majority on the FTC has signaled that it not only will be looking at traditional mergers among hospitals and other health care providers but also is interested in some legal theories of antitrust enforcement that have been less frequently used.
Proposed bills in several states would impose a tax on drug price increases not supported by evidence of improved clinical value.
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