Even the most casual observer of the health care industry can see that it faces enormous challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. From accessing sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment and medication to the financial strains caused by the reduction or suspension of non-emergent treatment and care, medical providers, hospital systems, and health care suppliers are staring down tremendous financial and logistical pressures.
What may have escaped notice, though, is that the industry is at the same time confronting a wave of enforcement by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and...
The modern history of the health care industry is, of course, characterized by regulation and government scrutiny: from HIPAA to the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Affordable Care Act to workplace and...