Here are five updates related to the Federal Trade Commission, noncompete bans and more that healthcare employers should know, as reported by Becker’s since April 17:
- The Federal Trade Commission resolved an antitrust case against Welsh Carson, which was tied up in a lawsuit alongside its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners.
- Nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the federal government May 5 aiming to block the Trump administration’s large-scale restructuring of HHS.
- The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department issued a joint letter May 5 directing federal government agency leaders to develop a list of anticompetitive regulations that lessen competition, entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita formally opposed a proposed merger between Terre Haute’s only two hospitals, warning that the consolidation would create a “regional monopoly” and harm competition, care access and affordability in the Wabash Valley.
- A bipartisan bill in the Indiana state legislature banning noncompete agreements for physicians is moving toward being passed into law.
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