David Kully is a Partner for Holland & Knight's
Washington, D.C. office.
Jerome Hoffman is a Partner for Holland &
Knight's
Jacksonville office
As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers
of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these
deals. There was activity this week in three different
proposed transactions that caught the attention of antitrust
authorities.
North Dakota
On June 23, 2017, the FTC and the North Dakota Attorney General
jointly sued to block the merger of two physician
practices, Sanford Bismarck and Mid-Dakota Clinic, P.C., the
largest physician groups in Bismarck and Mandan, North
Dakota. The FTC and the State of North Dakota allege that the
two groups have a combined share (based on physician headcount) of
at least 75 percent of each of the markets for adult primary care
physician services, pediatric services, and obstetrics and
gynecology services, and 100 percent of the market for general
surgery
