The Justice Department announced the formation of the Antitrust Division’s Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC) on May 9, 2024. This task force will guide the division’s enforcement strategy and policy approach in health care, including policy advocacy, investigations, and civil and criminal enforcement in health care markets12. The HCMC aims to address monopolies and collusive practices that increase costs, decrease quality, and create single points of failure in the health care industry. It will consider concerns related to payer-provider consolidation, acquisitions, labor, quality of care, medical billing, health care IT services, and access to health care data1
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