Andrew Forman, deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division, said the department is ramping up its post-merger investigations and will look into attempts to illegally monopolize healthcare markets, according to the report.
Mr. Forman was speaking Oct. 26 at a Washington, D.C., conference focusing on competition in the healthcare sector. He said the Justice Department is wondering whether value-based care — a key justification for many consolidation deals — is “delivering on the promise of lower prices and improving outcomes.”
“Is the integration, as the companies argue, a good thing? If done properly, it might be,” Mr. Forman said, according to Politico. “Or has the consolidation led to … higher prices, less innovation and deeper moats defending sources of power?”
