Hospital Field Realignment

The AHA today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to reject the governments formulaic and narrow test for evaluating hospital mergers in Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Advocate Health Care Network et al.
In the past two months, federal courts have rejected the Federal Trade Commissions attempt to stop two hospital mergers.
The AHA today shared with Congress and HHS a new report that examines the barriers to transforming health care delivery created by outdated fraud and abuse laws. This report recommends the enactment of comprehensive safe harbors to remove outdated barriers and replace them with measures to foster…
AHA letter to the Department of Justice raising concerns about the proposed Anthem acquisition of Cigna focusing on the impact of Anthem's affiliation with the Blue Cross Blue Shield System.
AHA letter to Rep. Bob Goodlatte expressing support for H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015.