DOJ wants Harvard Pilgrim to divest from health plan for merger
Posted On: Dec. 16, 2020 9:38 AM CSTThe U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division and the New Hampshire Office of Attorney General have filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to stop a proposed merger between Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Health Plan Holdings, Inc., FierceHealthcare reports. In order to proceed with the merger, the department is requiring both the insurers to divest the Tufts Health Freedom plan, which is part of Health Plan Holdings’ commercial health insurance business in New Hampshire.