Antitrust Considerations For Healthcare Joint Ventures

Highlights

• Within the current antitrust enforcement climate, healthcare providers are trying to achieve the procompetitive benefits of traditional mergers or other combinations, all while managing the antitrust risks associated with more aggressive government enforcement.
• To help manage these risks and achieve various benefits for patients, many healthcare providers are pursing joint ventures through which resources and experience may be combined or shared, whether through service-line expansion or other combinations.
• This Holland & Knight alert addresses some of these considerations and discusses strategies to mitigate potential antitrust risks arising from joint ventures.