St. Luke’s-Saltzer: Where Does the Ninth Circuit Opinion Leave Quality-Enhancing Provider Integration in Allegedly Concentrated Markets?

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Monica Noether, Apr 27, 2015

On February 10, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in the St. Luke’s–Saltzer matter, upholding district court Judge B. Lynn Winmill’s opinion that St. Luke’s Health System’s acquisition of the Saltzer Medical Group should be undone through a divestiture of Saltzer. Judge Andrew Hurwitz, on behalf of the Panel, summarized the Court’s decisions that the “district c