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FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Hit with Multiple Legal Challenges

Bruce Allain, Managing Editor

May 15, 2024

Trends in Healthcare Markets

Certificates of Need (CON)

For more on CON legislation, refer to Legislative Topics: Certificates of Need overview in the Source Blog

Key:
Active CON Program

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Most Favored Nation Bans (MFN)

For more on MFN legislation, check out our Legislative Topics: Most Favored Nation overview in the Source Blog.

Key:
Ban currently in effect
Pending legislative ban

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Recent Action in Healthcare Markets

Recent Legislation
Recent Litigation

Recent Legislation

SF 4392 (see companion bill HF 4206) – Minnesota
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Private equity companies and real estate investment trusts prohibited from acquiring or increasing control over providers of health care services.

HB 4139 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill relates to the certificate of need program managed by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). This bill excludes new hospitals providing inpatient psychiatric services, inpatient rehabilitation services, or inpatient or outpatient substance use treatment, …

HB 267 – Utah
Introduced: 2024 Status:
This bill proposes amendments to the current insurance laws related to telemedicine services. It mandates that a health benefit plan on the individual, small, or large group market must at minimum cover telemedicine services paid …

HB 24 – Wyoming
Introduced: 2024 Status:
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing the department of health to comment on alterations or additions to health care facilities rather than approve these plans; repealing bed expansion limitations for nursing care …

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Recent Litigation

Novant Health, Inc. and Community Health Systems, Inc., In the Matter of – North Carolina
District Court: Status: Pending
On January 25th, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had authorized a suit to block Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of two hospitals …

Ross v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pennsylvania
District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …

Shaw v. Advocate Aurora Health Inc et al – Wisconsin
District Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Status: Pending
On February 5, 2024, Plaintiffs brought suit on behalf of the class of Commercial Health Plan Members against Aurora Health Care and Advocate Aurora Health …

Emanate Health et al v. Optum Health et al – California
District Court: California Central District Court Status: Pending
On November 20, 2023, Emanate Health filed an antitrust suit against Optum Health with the US District Court for the Central District of California. Specific …

FTC and California v. John Muir Health and Tenet Healthcare – California
District Court: Northern District of California Status: Decided
In November 2023, the FTC and the California AG challenged John Muir Health’s proposed acquisition of San Ramon Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare. Both …

Louisiana Children’s Medical Center v. Attorney General of the United States et al. – Federal
District Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Status: Pending
This suit is the combination of multiple separate actions. First, Louisiana Children’s Medical Center sued the United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, Federal Trade …

Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems v. State of Oregon and Oregon Health Authority – Oregon
District Court: Oregon U.S. District Court, Portland Division Status: Pending
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the trade group for hospitals in Oregon, filed a suit in district court on October 3, 2022 against …

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