Between Absolute and Amorphous: The Draft Guidelines on Vertical Mergers: Commentary on the Draft 2020 Guidelines

Businesses at different levels in the supply chain of a product choose to merge (“vertical mergers,” compared with “horizontal mergers” where business at the same level in the supply chain merge) for a variety of reasons, many of which can be beneficial to competition and/or consumers. Vertical mergers can lead to efficiencies in supply chains, …

Is Your Physician Organization Complying with Antitrust Law?

It is not uncommon for a physician organization to act as an intermediary between its physician participants and third-party payers to facilitate the negotiation and acceptance of reimbursement rates and other payer contract terms. However, when facilitation becomes negotiation and a PO accepts contracts with third-party payers on behalf of physician participants, also known as …