June 12, 2024
U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. gave notice Wednesday that it will ask the Fifth Circuit to review a Texas federal judge's mid-May decision refusing to toss Federal Trade Commission allegations of a monopolistic "roll-up" of Lone Star State anesthesia practices.
May 28, 2024
A recent Texas court ruling in a Federal Trade Commission case focused on an anesthesiology practice's alleged "rollup" strategy could spur regulators to move faster against private equity owners of healthcare businesses.
May 14, 2024
A Texas federal judge highlighted the limits of the Federal Trade Commission's ability to go after private equity firms accused of anti-competitive "roll-up" strategies, tossing antitrust claims against a private equity firm while preserving monopolization allegations against the anesthesia group the firm created.
April 08, 2024
A Texas anesthesiology company and the private equity firm that created it told a Houston federal judge Monday that the Federal Trade Commission has gone back "many yesterdays ago" in making its antitrust case, arguing that there's no imminent threat of a monopoly in an attempt to get the case dismissed.
January 22, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission urged a Texas federal court not to toss the agency's antitrust case against Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe and U.S. Anesthesia Partners, saying the private equity firm orchestrated a "roll up" strategy to create a dominant anesthesiology practice.
November 28, 2023
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have asked the CEO of U.S. Anesthesia Partners to rethink its "monopolistic business model" and its use of noncompete agreements among doctors.
November 21, 2023
Private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe and U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. have urged a Texas federal court to toss the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against them, arguing that a series of acquisitions helped improve patient care.
September 21, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission lodged a lawsuit Thursday accusing private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe of buying up Texas anesthesiology practices and cutting deals with competitors in order to increase prices and boost its own profits.