A Marion, Ill.-based multispecialty ASC is testing President Joe Biden’s executive order to scrutinize and halt acquisitions that would limit competition and increase healthcare prices, Becker’s reports.
Marion HealthCare, a surgery center with orthopedics, gastroenterology, general surgery and more, filed a lawsuit July 29 to challenge Southern Illinois Hospital Service’s planned purchase of Harrisburg (Ill.) Medical Center. The surgery center cited President Biden’s July 9 executive order to enforce antitrust laws written to prevent “excessive concentration of industry,” particularly in healthcare.
