Zachary Johns

Two recent antitrust developments in healthcare portend potential changes to contracting practices: first, the White House Council of Economic Advisors published a report in support of a nationwide ban on anti-steering,...more The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) in March 2026 brought an antitrust action against NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP), alleging that the health system’s contracts with commercial payors restrict “budget-conscious...more In February 2026, the United States and the state of Ohio brought an antitrust action against Ohio hospital system OhioHealth alleging that the system’s contracts with commercial health insurers (payors) included restrictions...more California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law Senate Bill 25 (SB 25), which will require certain deal parties who submit premerger filings to the US federal government under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust...more