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ACM: anti-competitive risks for some medical devices
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) sees anticompetitive risks in some markets for medical devices. With regard to high-technological medical devices in particular, there are relatively few providers, and new providers face high … -
ACM: no further investigation into arrangements regarding delivery of sleep apnea devices
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will not carry out a further investigation into possible anti-competitive arrangements between suppliers of sleep apnea devices (or CPAP devices). ACM sees that existing patients are not always … -
ACM: elderly care provider Omring meets conditions attached to acquisition of rival provider Vrijwaard
Elderly care provider Omring has received clearance needed to complete the acquisition of rival provider Vrijwaard in the northern Dutch city of Den Helder. With the sale of the care activities in three nursing homes, the providers have met the conditions … -
ACM conditionally clears acquisition of elderly care provider Vrijwaard by rival provider Omring
The acquisition of elderly care provider Vrijwaard in the northern Dutch city of Den Helder by rival provider Omring has been conditionally cleared. One of the conditions set by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is that three of … -
Further investigation needed into acquisition of care activities of Careyn by Thebe
Health care provider Thebe wishes to acquire some of the activities of rival provider Stichting Careyn. Both providers offer district nursing, day activities, domestic assistance, hospice care, and personal emergency-response systems in the south of the … -
Room for collaborations as part of ‘the Right Care in the Right Place’
Health care providers and health insurers have to collaborate, as part of the initiative called ‘the Right Care in the Right Place’ (in Dutch: De Juiste Zorg op de Juiste Plek). Many forms of collaborations are allowed. However, collaborations can also go … -
Further investigation needed into merger between providers of nursing home care in city of Den Helder
Two health care providers, Stichting Omring and Stichting Vrijwaard, in the northern Dutch city of Den Helder wish to merge. They have informed the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) about their plans. These providers offer nursing home … -
Room for collaboration in emergency home care
Cooperative health care institution Thuis & Veilig will procure emergency home care from regional providers, bundle this care, and sell it at a national level to health insurers. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has cleared this …