Executive Summary: Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Part Ways - Pennsylvania Regulatory Hurdles Thwart Attempted Consolidation
Released by the American Health Lawyers Association Antitrust, Business Law and Governance and Payors, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group Leaderships*
Date: April 29, 2010
Executive Summary on Highmark and
Independence Blue Cross Parting Ways
The Antitrust, Business Law and Governance and Payors Plans and Managed Care Practice Groups are pleased to issue a co-sponsored Executive Summary entitled, "Highmark and Independence Blue Cross Part Ways—Pennsylvania Regulatory Hurdles Thwart Attempted Consolidation" (subscription required). This Executive Summary, co-authored by Shakeba DuBose, Esquire, Jayne E. Juvan, Esquire, and Frank Stevens, MBA, is an outstanding study of a proposed consolidation within the health insurance industry, and the dynamics at the state level that influence the ultimate fate of these transactions. The Executive Summary is issued at a time when there is much debate about the competitiveness and degree of concentration in local health insurance markets.
We would like to thank Shakeba DuBose, Esquire (CareSource Management Group, Dayton, OH), Jayne E. Juvan, Esquire (Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, OH), and Frank Stevens, MBA (Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Costa Mesa, CA), for
co-authoring this paper and sharing their expertise with other colleagues.
*Antitrust Practice Group Leadership
Toby Singer, Chair
David Argue, Vice Chair of Publications
Mark Mattioli, Vice Chair of Research & Website
Douglas Ross, Vice Chair of Educational Programs
Christine White, Vice Chair of Membership
Business Law and Governance Practice Group Leadership
Stuart Silverman, Chair
Matthew Aiken, Vice Chair of Educational Programs
Susan Duffy, Vice Chair of Research
Catherine Dunlay, Vice Chair of Membership
William Horton, Vice Chair of Publications
Dale Van Demark, Vice Chair of Strategic Activities
Payors, Plans, and Managed Care Practice Group Leadership
Lisa Hathaway, Chair
Todd Ebersole, Vice Chair of Educational Programs
Robin Fisk, Vice Chair of Research
Anne Hance, Vice Chair of Publications
Mark Kopson, Vice Chair of Membership
James Wolf, Vice Chair of Strategic Activities