Academic Medical Center M&A Buoyed by Federal Antitrust Gap

Oversight immunity may simplify transactions as it removes the looming threat of FTC intervention and the requirement to submit federal merger notification filings, healthcare M&A advisers say. While antitrust immunity doesn’t drive state-affiliated health systems’ merger and acquisition activity, it may expedite the process and reduce related costs. “Obviously, antitrust scrutiny is very high at the federal and state level. If federal regulators can’t challenge a deal that can go a long way, although now states are very active,” said Kenneth Vorrasi, a healthcare attorney at the law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. “[Antitrust] exemption certainly changes the risk profile of the regulatory review.”

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