DOJ withdraws healthcare antitrust policies with safe harbors
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Adrianne Appel2023-02-06T19:20:00
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of three guidance documents related to mergers and antitrust in healthcare, after labeling the policy statements “outdated” and “overly permissive.”
The documents, some of which provided safe harbors to merging hospitals under certain circumstances, were too lax on certain subjects, including information sharing, the DOJ said in a press release Friday.
Withdrawing the statements was “the best course of action for promoting competition and transparency,” the agency said.
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