Arthur J. Fried, a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the firm's New York office, was quoted in Crain’s New York Business, in “FTC Sides with Insurers on Antitrust Concerns.” (Read the full version — subscription required.)
Following is an excerpt:
The FTC focused on three PPSs—Advocate Community Partners, Staten Island and Adirondack Health Institute—but that is likely because their COPA applications happen to be online, noted Arthur Fried, a partner at Epstein Becker & Green.
"The FTC is concerned COPA will allow anticompetitive activities," he said. The cooperation fostered through DSRIP assumes the state "actively supervised that collaboration so the benefits outweigh the risks."