Revised DOJ and FTC policy statements offer more options for physician joint ventures.
Physician networks and multi-provider networks that do not demonstrate financial integration through substantial risk sharing present antitrust risk and face possible scrutiny by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. However, the DOJ and the FTC have recently revised statements 8 and 9 of their Statements of Enforcement in Health Care. The revised statements allow increased flexibility in the formation of provider networks and describe in detail the extent of integration--financial or otherwise --required for a joint venture to be lawful.
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