Healthcare Antitrust: Updates & Trends in Enforcement

The healthcare industry has been a top priority of U.S. antitrust enforcers in the past decade, with a high proportion of healthcare mergers and business practices subject to investigation and challenge by antitrust officials at the FTC and DOJ. The focus on healthcare is perhaps not surprising: healthcare costs are high and rising, and President Obama made healthcare reform a top priority of his administration. Republican administrations historically have taken a less interventionist approach to antitrust enforcement, raising speculation about whether the new administration will lessen antitrust scrutiny of the healthcare industry.  

Join Maria Raptis, a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, as she reviews recent antitrust enforcement activity in healthcare, explains why antitrust scrutiny of the healthcare industry will continue, and offers practical guidance to consider when counseling clients. 

1. Understand current trends in healthcare antitrust enforcement
2. Explore predictions about what may change under a new administration
3. Identify strategies for counseling clients in a shifting landscape