Mergers & Acquisitions

As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the agencies to update the guidelines to properly recognize the benefits that hospital mergers produce.
The Justice Department joined Minnesota and New York in filing a federal lawsuit to stop UnitedHealth Group from acquiring Change Healthcare, alleging the proposed $13 billion transaction would harm competition in commercial health insurance markets and in the market for a vital technology used to…
The American Hospital Association commends the Department of Justice for its efforts to protect patients and providers, including hospitals and health systems, from United HealthGroup’s (UHG) attempt to acquire Change Healthcare.
The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department’s Antitrust Division will accept comments through March 21 on how to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers. 
The documentary feature film, INHOSPITABLE, will premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on Nov. 13. According to the film’s website, it purports to “expose American hospitals’ significant role in our broken healthcare system.”  
A new analysis prepared by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC and released by the American Hospital Association shows a range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions can be an important tool for keeping financially struggling hospitals open and preserving access to care, among other key benefits.
A new analysis prepared for the AHA by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC shows a range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions can be an important tool for keeping financially struggling hospitals open and preserving access to care, along with other key benefits for the surrounding community.
Hospitals and health systems face many pressures to increase the scale of their operations. To help mitigate these challenges, hospitals are considering a range of partnership, merger, and acquisition possibilities to gain new capabilities, realize new efficiencies, and spread costs over a larger…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urged Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions. 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urge Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions.