Bipartisan Criticism of Health Care Consolidation Reaches New Heights
Momentum to roll back health care consolidation is building in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers in both parties have attacked the trend in recent weeks, and prominent senators trained their sights on MultiPlan Corp., with one senator accusing the firm and its insurer clients of collusion, a violation of antitrust law.
Given all the scrutiny on health care consolidation, one antitrust expert says Congress might be motivated to grant federal authorities the ability to review the kind of health care transactions that federal regulators are currently unable to block.
Two committees of the House of Representatives held hearings on health care consolidation last week, and both featured continuous attacks by members of both parties on routine health care dealmaking.