Project Description
Publication
“Comments on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines with Special Consideration to Health Care“
June 15, 2020
Early in January, the Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), released a new draft guideline for vertical merger review and sought public comments. On February 24, The Source Executor Editor Jaime King, along with health economists and policy experts including Source Advisory members Tim Greaney and Richard Scheffler, jointly released “Comments on the Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines with Special Consideration to Health Care”. The comments raise concerns and urge that special attention be paid to the effects of vertical mergers in the health care sector, for which they argue anticompetitive harm may be particularly strong.
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Source Sightings
Antitrust’s Healthcare Conundrum: Cross-Market Mergers and the Rise of System Power
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Jaime King, Alex Montague, Tim Greaney
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American Bar Association 2022 Antitrust Fall Forum
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The Rise Of Cross-Market Hospital Systems And Their Market Power In The US
Jaime King, Alex Montague, Tim Greaney et al.
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Options for states to constrain pricing power of health care providers
Katie Gudiksen & Robert Murray
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