A glimpse into the DOJ’s review of health insurer mega-mergers

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/glimpse-dojs-review-health-insurer-mega-mergers/2016-03-11?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=%7B%7Blead.Id%7D%7D&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuaXPc%2B%2FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ERcdqM6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Wall Street

Assistant Attorney General William Baer says regulators will consider merger effects locally, nationally

Fair market value and physician compensation: Key considerations and trends

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/fair-market-value-and-physician-compensation-key-considerations-and-trends.html

fair_market_value

Most wanted healthcare fraud fugitives; Office of the Inspector General list

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/slideshow/office-inspector-generals-most-wanted-healthcare-fraud-fugitives?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuajOde%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcFlNbrYDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

51 hospitals reach $23M settlement as DOJ concludes cardiac device investigation

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/51-hospitals-reach-23m-settlement-as-doj-concludes-cardiac-device-investig/414147/

Shkreli, CEO Reviled for Drug Price Gouging, Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/

Martin Shkreli

32-year-old suspected of plundering Retrophin to pay debts

States may hold final sway in proposed megamergers

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/states-may-hold-final-sway-in-proposed-megamergers/410797/

 

FTC Rejects Another Health System M&A

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=323594

Antitrust

The Federal Trade Commission’s administrative complaint says the merger would create a dominant provider of general acute care inpatient services sold to commercial health plans in a four-county region of south-central Pennsylvania.

How Might Proposed Payer Mergers Impact State Insurance Markets?

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/12/01/how-might-proposed-payer-mergers-impact-state-insurance-markets/

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