Antitrust in Health Care 101

Navigate One of Health Care Law’s Most Complex — and Consequential — Landscapes

A Self-Paced, On-Demand CLE Course for Health Care Law Practitioners

Whether you're just entering health care law practice or shifting your focus to this dynamic field, antitrust issues are everywhere: in mergers and acquisitions, hospital-physician relationships, payer contracts, staffing arrangements, and even everyday conversations among competitors. Missteps can carry serious consequences — for your clients and for your practice. Antitrust in Health Care 101 gives you the foundational knowledge you need to spot antitrust issues before they become problems, counsel clients with confidence, and understand where the law is heading.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is designed for:

• Attorneys new to health care law who need a solid grounding in antitrust as it applies to the health care industry
• Experienced attorneys shifting into health care practice who want to quickly get up to speed on the key rules, regulators, and risk areas
• In-house counsel at health systems, hospitals, or physician groups seeking a practical framework for day-to-day antitrust compliance

No prior antitrust background required.

What You'll Learn

This seven-module course delivers practical, health-care-specific antitrust training you can apply right away.

Module 1 | Introduction to Key Antitrust Laws and Enforcers in Health Care

Get the lay of the land. This foundational module covers the major federal antitrust statutes — the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, HSR Act, and FTC Act — as well as relevant state laws, the agencies responsible for enforcement, private enforcement rights, available remedies, and key exemptions such as state action and Noerr-Pennington.

Module 2 | Horizontal Integration in Health Care

This module covers how antitrust regulators analyze horizontal deals, what the Merger Guidelines mean in practice, pre-merger notification requirements, and partial integration among competitors.

Module 3 | Vertical Integration in Health Care

Health systems are increasingly acquiring physician practices, post-acute providers, and other complementary businesses. Learn how vertical integration is analyzed under the antitrust laws, about theories of harm, and about barriers to entry.

Module 4 | Collusion Among Health Care Organizations

Price-fixing, market allocation, and bid rigging are per se illegal — but the line between permissible collaboration and unlawful collusion isn't always obvious in health care. This module walks through Section 1 of the Sherman Act and FTC Act Section 5, the types of conduct that attract scrutiny, enforcement and penalties, examples of collusion, and best practices for keeping collaborative arrangements on the right side of the law.

Module 5 | Information Sharing Among Health Care Competitors

Sharing data among competitors can be routine — or it can be a serious antitrust problem. This module examines the rule of reason analysis, relevant policy statements from the FTC and DOJ, examples of exchanges that are compliant and traditionally accepted, and third-party managed exchanges.

Module 6 | Workforce-Related Antitrust Issues

Non-compete agreements, no-poach arrangements, wage-fixing, and credentialing decisions all carry antitrust risk that health care attorneys must understand. This module provides the analytical framework and practical best practices for navigating this rapidly evolving area of law and addresses monopsony and compliance risk management.

Module 7 | Exclusionary Practices and Monopolization

Dominant health care organizations face particular scrutiny for conduct that can foreclose competition — including exclusive contracts, most-favored-nation clauses, and anti-steering provisions. This module covers the legal standards for monopolization claims, exclusive supply and purchase agreements, product tying, and practical guidance. 

Why This Course?

• Health care-specific focus — not a generic antitrust survey, but a course built around the transactions, arrangements, and conduct patterns that health care attorneys actually encounter
• Practical orientation — each module emphasizes real-world applications, issue-spotting, and best practices alongside the legal framework
• Efficient and accessible — concise, focused modules designed to deliver maximum value in minimum time
• Flexible — complete the full course or revisit individual modules as specific issues arise in your practice

Enroll today and build the antitrust foundation your health care law practice demands.