The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) will critically examine plans for mega-mergers in the German hospital market. „We are looking into this area very carefully,“ Bundeskartellamt President Andreas Mundt said Monday evening in Essen. (Quote translated by kon.media)
Hospitals are also, according to the Bonn competition authority, considered ‚companies‘ despite government planning and financing. The Authority will consider mergers in this area, regardless of whether the support of the hospitals are organized by churches, municipal or privately, Mundt said.
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