Ameet Sachdev

Chicago trial lawyer Dan Webb, seen here in 2014, is a former Iran-Contra prosecutor who also defended Microsoft in an antitrust case. Webb is defending NorthShore University HealthSystem in its battle to merge with Advocate Health Care.

Hospital antitrust trial kicks off with prominent Chicago trial lawyer

June 11, 2018 at 8:56 a.m.

You could say prominent Chicago trial lawyer Dan Webb knows a thing or two about antitrust law. The former Iran-Contra prosecutor defended software behemoth Microsoft in its antitrust battle against...

Evanston Hospital, part of NorthShore University HealthSystems, is seen April 5, 2016, in Evanston. Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem are seeking to merge but the Federal Trade Commission is challenging their plan.

What’s at stake as FTC heads to trial to stop Advocate-NorthShore hospital merger

June 11, 2018 at 5:10 a.m.

On Monday, Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem will square off against the federal government in a closely watched legal fight over health care competition. This could appear to...

Land of Lincoln admits error in U. of C. network issue

June 9, 2018 at 3:59 a.m.

Land of Lincoln Health has admitted making a mistake when it notified members in January that it would drop University of Chicago's hospital and physicians from its insurance network as...

Ambulances are outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2012. The hospital's parent company is in talks with Centegra Health System to explore a potential merger.

A Centegra deal would bring patients to Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

June 9, 2018 at 3:40 a.m.

Antitrust scrutiny of hospital consolidation in the Chicago area isn't stopping Northwestern University's academic medical center from pursuing another merger. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial is in talks with Centegra Health System,...

Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge is photographed April 4, 2016. Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care and Evanston-based NorthShore University HealthSystem are seeking to merge, but the Federal Trade Commission has sued to block the deal.

Antitrust trial in hospital merger delayed

June 12, 2018 at 7:08 a.m.

A trial set to begin Wednesday in the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit seeking to scuttle the merger of two Chicago-area hospital chains was postponed until Monday. At a hearing...

Land of Lincoln Health, University of Chicago make up

June 11, 2018 at 9:12 a.m.

Land of Lincoln Health has made up with the University of Chicago, but the both sides are saying little about renewed relations. The Tribune first reported in January that Land...

Advocate, NorthShore propose low-cost health insurance if merger approved

June 12, 2018 at 8:11 a.m.

The proposed merger of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem has brought one issue into better focus: Hospitals are thinking more like insurance companies. If the marriage goes through,...

Another conviction in Rosner home-health fraud

June 12, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

A federal investigation into a bribery scheme at a now-shuttered Skokie-based home health care business resulted in another conviction Tuesday. A federal judge found Jenette George, 62, of Chicago, guilty...

Michael Englehart, CEO of Presence Health, told bondholders March 16, 2016, that the Catholic hospital network plans to cut about 700 positions by the end of 2016, through a combination of 250 layoffs and some attrition.

Presence Health CEO tending to ailing hospital chain

June 11, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

Michael Englehart, president and CEO of Presence Health, is not a doctor. But he's caring for a sick patient — his hospital chain. In an unusually frank discussion Wednesday, Englehart...

Presence Health to lay off 250 employees

June 12, 2018 at 7:01 a.m.

Presence Health plans to lay off 250 employees over the next three months, as the Chicago-based Catholic hospital network slashes costs after reporting a higher-than-expected loss last year. In addition,...

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