Sara Razi Co-Authors CPI Article on FTC’s Approach Surrounding Physician Group Mergers
05.14.21
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Litigation Partner Sara Razi co-authored an article titled, “Physician Groups – The Next Enforcement Frontier for Healthcare Provider Mergers?,” which was published by Competition Policy International (CPI). The article highlights how the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent announcement that it will be undertaking a retrospective study of physician group consolidations may signal an increased focus on physician group mergers in the coming years. It further explores unique issues in this area, including that consolidation could raise both horizontal issues for mergers between physician groups and vertical issues for physician group acquisitions by hospital systems and health plans, and the potential impact that the forthcoming physician merger retrospectives may have on the FTC’s approach to these types of transactions.
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