On April 8, a federal judge in TX held a hearing on a motion to dismiss FTC’s challenge to anticompetitive practices by an anesthesiology group and a private equity (PE) firm. Read on for a summary of the arguments and click here for the transcript! (🧵) litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/wp-content/upl…
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FTC first gave a brief overview, arguing that the provider group and PE firm “together unlawfully amassed an anesthesia empire across the state.” FTC stressed that patients and employers pay tens of millions per year more on anesthesia than before USAP entered the market.