What We’re Reading: FTC Noncompete Ban Finalized; Unchecked Hospital Mergers Raised Health Costs; H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Particles Found
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) vote to ban most employers from issuing and enforcing noncompete clauses could have varying impacts on the health care workforce; federal regulators vastly under-enforced antitrust laws in the hospital sector during the last 2 decades, resulting in increased health costs; the FDA recently found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus in pasteurized commercially purchased milk.