HEALTHCARE ANTITRUST
Holland & Knight's Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Sector Group includes a team of lawyers who concentrate on antitrust issues impacting the healthcare industry. Members of our Healthcare Antitrust Team help clients identify, avoid and –when necessary – address potential competition issues. We provide proactive counsel to hospitals, health systems, physician practice groups and managed care providers.
THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF KNOWLEDGE
Lawyers on our Healthcare Antitrust Team have significant antitrust experience coupled with in-depth healthcare industry knowledge. We combine the practical application of antitrust laws with our own deep understanding of the healthcare industry to effectively manage your issues and avoid or mitigate exposure.
COMPREHENSIVE REPRESENTATION
Our Healthcare Antitrust Team has extensive hands-on experience representing healthcare clients. We offer proactive counsel to help you identify – and avoid – potential competition issues before they become problems. When concerns do arise, we can help you assess your options, develop a strategy to minimize your risks and execute on that strategy before the antitrust enforcement agencies or in court.
Members of our team regularly assist healthcare clients in connection with a wide range of issues, including:
� providing compliance counseling
� establishing and operating "messenger-model" physician organizations
� advising on the creation of accountable care organizations
� structuring joint ventures
� guiding clients through mergers and acquisitions, from preparing Hart-Scott-Rodino filings to responding to Second Requests from antitrust enforcement agencies
� developing exclusive provider arrangements and exclusive contracts for services
� negotiating with third-party payers and managed care plans
� defending against allegations of price fixing or other horizontal restraints of trade, including monopolization or attempts to monopolize
� addressing staff privilege disputes
� evaluating and assisting in enforcement of noncompete provisions in employment or distribution agreements
