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Antitrust Concerns with Network Rental Agreements

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How a common practice for healthcare payers can turn from negotiation tactic to anticompetitive collusion - What is a network rental agreement? Network rental agreements, also known as “network leasing” or “network...more

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Reliance on Third-Party “Pricing” Facilitators Under Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny

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In the past year, healthcare systems and providers across the country have filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against MultiPlan Inc. and major US health insurers, alleging a hub-and-spoke conspiracy to fix and reduce...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - January 2024

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Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision.  On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer...more

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Ustekinumab Antitrust Litigation

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On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

“Historic” Settlement of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Antitrust Action May Significantly Boost Competition in Health...

After over 8 years of hard-fought litigation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, together with its 36 Blue Cross/Blue Shield members (“the Blues”), recently announced a proposed settlement of class action antitrust...more

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[Virtual Event] 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation - July 22nd-23rd

ACI’s 11th Annual Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation will be offered in a virtual format this year to help you make sense of these developments, and their profound impact for managed care....more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Antitrust Exemption Allows Health System to Avoid All Claims for Damages in Antitrust Class Action

Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas Healthcare System) scored a big victory in its defense of an antitrust class action on March 4, when the Court ruled that the plaintiffs in Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg...more

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