Tag Archives: hospital mergers

Hospital Seeks Second Opinion on Certifying Class with Uninjured Members

By Danyll Foix on June 13, 2017 Posted in Class Action Litigation

Ten years into litigation, a hospital has moved to decertify a class of plaintiffs who claim the hospital’s merger caused them to overpay for medical services. Arguing there is insufficient proof that class members were harmed, the hospital’s motion invites the court to jump into the fray about whether classes may be certified when they … Continue Reading

FTC Still Ramping Up Antitrust Review of Health Care Mergers

By Carl Hittinger and Tyson Herrold on December 15, 2016 Posted in Healthcare, Merger Review

Last month, we reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) steady filing of injunctions to block what are effectively local mergers of small health care providers. In 2007, the FTC filed suit in Saint Alphonsus Medical Center v. St. Luke’s Health System, its first successful challenge to a hospital merger in recent history. Since then, … Continue Reading