Antitrust regulators push partnership as alternative to hospital merger.
In the past, antitrust regulators seemed to favor mergers that would result in cost efficiencies and were not opposed by third-party players. A recent decision about a proposed merger of two Florida hospitals, however, changed that stance, writes Linda R. Blumkin, partner in the New york law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
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