Preface

• Date: 01 February 2010

PREFACE

The

Antitrust

Health

Care

Handbook

IV

was

prepared

by

the

Health

Care

and

Pharmaceuticals

Committee

of

the

ABA

Sectton

of

Antitrust

Law

for

use

by

health

care

lawyers

and

health

care

professionals

alike.

This

Handbook,

like

the

three

earlier

editions,

is

aimed

primarily

at

those

who

do

not

specialize

in

antitrust

law,

yet

who

confront

antitrust

issues

in

health

care

on

a

frequent

basis,

either

as

lawyers

who

counsel

their

clients

or as

health

care

professionals

in

their

business

activities.

The

Handbook

II

was

published

in

2004.

Much

law

has

developed

in

the

past

five

years.

As

a

result,

the

Handbook

IV

is

nearly

twice

as

long

as

the

Handbook

If.

That

additional

bulk

makes

the

Handbook

IV

an

even

richer

resource,

treating

topics

in

more

detail

and

capturing

the

many

developments

in

antitrust

law

in

the

health

care

field

in

the

last

five

years.

The

Handbook

iV

builds

on

the

framework

of

the

Handbook

Hf,

strengthening

that

framework

where

necessary

and

adding

more

detail

everywhere.

The

Committee

wishes

to

acknowledge

the

important

contributions

of

Lara

Berwanger,

Jordan

Bowler,

Aimee

DeFilippo,

Scott

DuPree,

Jennifer

Ellis,

Gwen

Fanger,

Gabrielle

Goldstein,

Nick

Grimmer,

Edward

Holman,

Stefanie

Kim,

Meytal

McCoy,

Mike

McReynolds,

Helen

Ovsepyan,

Farrah

Short,

and

Megan

Vogel,

for

their

valuable

editorial

assistance; and

Tom

Burke

for his

word

processing

wizardry.

Most

importantly,

the

Committee

wishes

to

extend

its

special

thanks

to

the

two

mdividuals

who

made

publication

of

the

Handbook

IV

possible.

First,

Jeff

Miles,

who

once

again

pulled

the

laboring

oar

on

revising

this

edition.

Jeff

devoted

a

tremendous

amount

of

time

to

the

project

and

without

his

efforts,

the

Antitrust

Health

Care

Handbook

IV

would

not

have

become

a

reality.

Second,

Charles

Wright,

who

through

tremendous

diligence

and

hard

work

pulled

together

this

handbook,

and

ensured

that

it

would

be

both

a

timely

and

high

quality

publication.

February

2010

Seth

C.

Silber

Chair,

Health

Care

and

Pharmaceuticals

Committee

Section

of

Antitrust

Law

American

Bar

Association

2009-2010

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