News Flash: An Agreement Between Competitors to Limit Advertising/Marketing Violates the Antitrust Laws

By Jonathan Lewis on April 29, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an antitrust complaint against hospital systems that agreed to not advertise on billboards or in print in each other’s home county. Last time it was a number of hospital systems in Michigan. This time, it is two hospital systems … Continue Reading

Antitrust: “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do”*

By Jonathan Lewis on July 10, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

Michigan Hospital is the Lone Holdout Facing Antitrust Charges After Three Others Settle and Agree to Pay $5,000 Each Allegiance Health (Allegiance) is the lone holdout facing antitrust charges brought by the DOJ and Michigan’s Attorney General (AG). Yet despite settlements by Hillsdale Community Health (Hillsdale), Community Health of Branch County (Branch), and ProMedica Health … Continue Reading

Marketing to Medicaid Beneficiaries: Texas Proposed Rule Highlights Pitfalls for Providers

By Gregory S. Saikin and Summer D. Swallow on February 24, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

Earlier this month, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Commission) released a proposed rule, 1 TAC § 354.1452 that prohibits certain marketing activity by Medicaid and CHIP providers. The proposed rule has been created to enforce the restrictions on provider marketing activities enacted in SB 8, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013. Subject to the … Continue Reading