The Federal Trade Commission and the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have “launched a cross-government public inquiry into private-equity and other corporations’ increasing control over health care.” They held a joint virtual workshop (see video and transcript) on March 5 and issued a Request for Information, with multiple questions, to hear from the public about the effects of consolidation in health care markets.
Although the Center for Medicare Advocacy has written many times about private equity’s detrimental effects on nursing homes and residents (see our previous Alerts), the request of the three federal agencies is more broad. The agencies seek information on dialysis clinics, hospice, primary care providers, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, home and community-based providers, and more.
Comments are due May 6, 2024 and may be submitted at www.regulations.gov, identified by Docket No. ATR 102.
April 11, 2024 – T. Edelman