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Autumn 2010, Volume 10, Number 1

OCT-10(1)
 |  Dec 21, 2015

In this issue: Healthcare is not only a contentious antitrust issue, but a highly confusing one; we focus here on clinical integration. Christi Braun looks at the challenge of promoting…

Antitrust Implications of Clinically-Integrated Managed Care Contracting Networks and Accountable Care Organizations
 |  Oct 12, 2010

Ashley Fischer, David Marx, Oct 11, 2010 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) established various mechanisms to make healthcare providers more accountable for both the cost and quality…

An Opportunity for Reform of the U.K. Competition Regime
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Antonio Bavasso, Simon Pritchard, Oct 11, 2010 The Government’s spending review provides an opportunity to look strategically at possible reforms in U.K. competition law enforcement. The reforms that modernized the…

Are Clinically Integrated Physician Networks Candy-Coated Cartels?
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Gregory Pelnar, Oct 11, 2010 Are “clinically integrated” physician networks that jointly contract with third-party payors such as Blue Cross little more than “candy-coated” cartels? If the answer is not…

The Interplay Between Competition and Clinical Integration: Why the Antitrust Agencies Care About Medical Care Delivery Styles
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Gregory Vistnes, Oct 11, 2010 The Affordable Care Act provides for the formation of Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”). These ACOs will be composed of health care providers (hospitals and physicians)…

Clinical Integration: Linchpin of Real Reform
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Melinda Hatton, Oct 11, 2010 During the year-long debate over health care reform, removing barriers to clinical integration received far less attention than it should have. It was preempted by…

Federal Courts and Enforcers Diagnose Physician Practice Associations with Risk of Conspiracy Liability: Degree of Integration is Crucial to Challenges to Medical Network Price Agreements
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Heather Cooper, Oct 11, 2010 Thanks to a recent federal district court decision, physicians and medical staff have more reason to think twice about price and other arrangements adopted by…

Clinical Integration: The Balancing of Competition and Health Care Policies
 |  Oct 11, 2010

Christi Braun, Oct 11, 2010 The reason that clinical integration is a topic on which the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) have written…

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