With Health Care Consolidation on the Rise, What Are Some Key Considerations for Buyers?

In December 2019, CarePoint filed a lawsuit against Alaris, alleging that Alaris was interfering with CarePoint's efforts to sell Bayonne Medical Center — and holding up the sale of Christ Hospital in Jersey City and Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center to West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. 

The case has been watched closely after the Federal Trade Commission challenged the merger in December 2020, arguing that the deal would eliminate competition.

Andrew Forman, deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's antitrust division, said the department is ramping up its post-merger investigations and will look into attempts to illegally monopolize healthcare markets, according to the report.