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13 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
Feds drop challenge to West Virginia hospital takeover
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/article88050667.html
“This case presents another example of healthcare providers attempting to use state legislation to shield potentially anticompetitive combinations from antitrust enforcement,” the FTC said in a statement Wednesday. “Our decision to dismiss this complaint without prejudice does not necessarily mean that we will do the same in other cases in which a cooperative agreement is sought or approved.”
St. Mary’s has 393 beds and Cabell Huntington has 303 beds. They are 3 miles apart and are the top two private employers in Cabell County, with nearly 5,000 total employees. The combined operation would represent the second-largest hospital chain in the state behind Charleston Area Medical Center.
Hundreds of companies in the U.S. are selling unproven stem cell treatments, study says
From coast to coast, at least 351 businesses at 570 locations are marketing stem cell therapies that have not been fully vetted by medical researchers or blessed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
Paul Knoepfler, a bona fide stem cell researcher at UC Davis with a doctorate in molecular pathology, and Leigh Turner, a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota who studies the ramifications of medical tourism, scoured the Internet to find companies advertising all sorts of stem cell treatments directly to patients and their families. They used nearly 100 search terms to identify as many websites as they possibly could — and turned up a lot more than they thought they would.
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2015: Running list
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list
Elliot, Dartmouth-Hitchcock merger could face antitrust challenge
The recently announced decision by Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon and Elliot Health Systems in Manchester to pursue an alliance is just the latest move in a wave of consolidation that’s altering the health-care landscape in the Granite State.
FTC Chair Makes Clear Hospital Consolidation Hurdles
Exterior of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington, D.C.
Hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions have grown by 70% since 2010. That means “vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws is more important than ever,” says the chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
Merge ahead: Healthcare deals adapting as industry evolves
http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/merge-ahead-healthcare-deals-adapting-as-industry-evolves/418868/
There’s little doubt healthcare consolidation will continue as demand increases and the population ages. However, it remains to be seen whether the potential cost savings trickles down to consumers.
This health-care trend could make your hospital stay $2,000 more expensive
Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Edith Ramirez is concerned that consolidation in health care is driving up prices for consumers.
HENRY KOTULA 