Practical Methods for Structuring Health Care Affiliations Without Triggering Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

This program, presented by John P. Marren, will explore practical methods for structuring health care affiliations between competitors such as joint ventures, acquisitions, and mergers, without triggering intervention by state or federal antitrust enforcement agencies. Attendees of this program will learn how to structure a joint venture, merger, or other type of multi-party affiliation, without triggering an expensive antitrust review by the Federal Trade Commission or Department of Justice, (the "Agencies") or the state, which could result in a termination of the transaction or fines and other enforcement results.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the goals of antitrust enforcement

2. Review anti-competitive terms that can disrupt a transaction

3. Build a pro-competitive narrative of a transaction

4. Identify the elements of an antitrust compliance program