FTC

The draft guidelines outline the agencies' analytical techniques, practices, and enforcement for vertical mergers.

The merging systems said they will retain their local identities, traditions, names, and leadership.

'We ought to consider that,' said Sen. Chuck Grassley during a hearing with witnesses from FTC and DOJ regulators, who...

A report commissioned by the American Hospital Association purports to demonstrate the benefits healthcare consolidation brings to patients.

A request from federal antitrust regulators effectively delays the Centene-WellCare deal from being finalized for at least a month.

The problems include 'a legal shield' enjoyed by nonprofit hospitals, and the solutions include more retrospective analysis of close calls,...

Lawmakers and witnesses alike cited the ill-effects of hospital mergers and acquisitions in a long list of industry behavior they...

Some had worried the merger would drive prices higher and reduce healthcare access, so state regulators imposed a seven-year price...

A deal that might have easily passed antitrust review a decade ago on account of its verticality may face greater...

However, critics note the survey of hospital executives does not necessarily show that savings generated by mergers are passed on...

A high-ranking Republican senator has asked federal antitrust regulators to review such contracts and offer insight to lawmakers.

California formally urged the DOJ to block one blockbuster PBM deal, and a powerful investor came out against the other.