Christi focuses on litigation of antitrust and commercial matters and counseling clients on issues involving antitrust compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Capitalizing on her education and experience, Christi specializes in working with health care clients, including hospitals, doctors, provider organizations, pharmaceutical vendors, trade associations, and insurers. Her experience includes guiding clients through physician-hospital joint ventures, hospital acquisitions of physician practices, and physician practice mergers as well as helping physicians and hospitals in developing and implementing clinical integration programs and accountable care organizations. Christi has also received favorable staff advisory opinion letters from the Federal Trade Commission about the clinical integration programs of two clients.
In addition to obtaining favorable rulings on antitrust claims brought in state and federal courts, Christi has successfully represented clients before the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and several state attorneys general.
For the first four years of her career, Christi served as a staff attorney in the Health Care Services & Products Division of the Federal Trade Commission, investigating and prosecuting anticompetitive conduct by doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Christi was a principal in a firm with a nationally known health care practice.
Christi frequently speaks and writes about antitrust and health care topics.
Recognitions & Awards
- Nightingale's Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyer (2009)
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
- Co-chair, ABA Antitrust Law Section Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee (08.2010 – present)
- Chair, AHLA Accountable Care Organization Task Force Antitrust Committee (06.2011 - present)
- Chair, ABA Health Law Section Business & Transactions Interest Group
- Member, Colorado Bar Association
- Member, Denver Bar Association
- ABA Young Lawyers Division Liaison to the Health Law Section (09.2008 – 08.2010)
- Co-chair, ABA/AHLA 2010 Antitrust in Healthcare Conference
Christi focuses on litigation of antitrust and commercial matters and counseling clients on issues involving antitrust compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Capitalizing on her education and experience, Christi specializes in working with health care clients, including hospitals, doctors, provider organizations, pharmaceutical vendors, trade associations, and insurers. Her experience includes guiding clients through physician-hospital joint ventures, hospital acquisitions of physician practices, and physician practice mergers as well as helping physicians and hospitals in developing and implementing clinical integration programs and accountable care organizations. Christi has also received favorable staff advisory opinion letters from the Federal Trade Commission about the clinical integration programs of two clients.
In addition to obtaining favorable rulings on antitrust claims brought in state and federal courts, Christi has successfully represented clients before the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and several state attorneys general.
For the first four years of her career, Christi served as a staff attorney in the Health Care Services & Products Division of the Federal Trade Commission, investigating and prosecuting anticompetitive conduct by doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Christi was a principal in a firm with a nationally known health care practice.
Christi frequently speaks and writes about antitrust and health care topics.
Recognitions & Awards
- Nightingale's Healthcare News: Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyer (2009)
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
- Co-chair, ABA Antitrust Law Section Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee (08.2010 – present)
- Chair, AHLA Accountable Care Organization Task Force Antitrust Committee (06.2011 - present)
- Chair, ABA Health Law Section Business & Transactions Interest Group
- Member, Colorado Bar Association
- Member, Denver Bar Association
- ABA Young Lawyers Division Liaison to the Health Law Section (09.2008 – 08.2010)
- Co-chair, ABA/AHLA 2010 Antitrust in Healthcare Conference
Publications
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Co-author,
FTC Issues Favorable Clinical Integration Advisory Opinion to Norman, Oklahoma PHO, Antitrust Alert ()
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DOJ Assistant Attorney General William Baer’s First Merger Challenge Confirms Continued Aggressive Merger Enforcement by Antitrust Division, Antitrust Alert ()
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Co-author,
DOJ Approves Greater New York Hospital Association’s Proposed Gainsharing Program, Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Can a Hospital Alliance Constitute a Single Entity for Antitrust Purposes? It Depends, Says One District Court, Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Going Vertical: The Hospital-Health Insurance Merger, ABA/AHLA Antitrust in Healthcare Conference Materials ()
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Co-author,
Rockford Returns — Part II: Court Grants FTC’s Preliminary Injunction Against Hospital Merger to Preserve Status Quo for Preliminary Hearing, Health Care Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Case Study: Messner V. Northshore, Law360 ()
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Co-author,
New Seventh Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification, Antitrust | Class Action Advisory ()
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Co-author,
FTC Does Not Embrace Dentist Board’s Anticompetitive Activity, Health Care Antitrust Alert ()
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Co-author,
Rockford Rerun: The FTC on Hospital Mergers, Law360 ()
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Co-author,
Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies Agrees with FTC Not to Dunk Its Rivals, Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Rockford Rerun: FTC Sues to Stop Hospital Merger in Rockford, Illinois, Health Care Antitrust Advisory ()
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Author,
Exclusivity and the Antitrust Issues it Raises for ACOs, ABA Antitrust Health Care Chronicle ()
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Co-author,
Revisions to HSR Rules May Increase Reporting Burden for Investment Funds and Certain Multinational Businesses, Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Noerr-Pennington Immunizes Hospital From Antitrust Liability For Lobbying Campaign Against Competitor, Health Care Antitrust Advisory ()
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Co-author,
FTC/DOJ Issue Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Regarding Accountable Care Organizations, Health Care Antitrust Alert ()
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Clinical Integration: The Balancing Of Competition and Health Care Policies, CPI Antitrust Journal ()
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CMS and ONC Publish Much Awaited Rules in Meaningful use and Certified Electronic Health Record Technology, AHLA Physician Organizations Member Briefing ()
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Clinical Integration: Window Dressing for Price Fixing or Cure for Costly Care?, HMOs & Health Plans ()
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Government Antitrust Enforcement Against Health Care Providers: The Payor Victim's Perspective, HMOs & Health Plans ()
Speaking Engagements
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Speaker,
Clinical Integration, Health Informatics, and Quality of Care,
Accountable Care Organizations Bootcamp Webinar Series, Part IV,
American Health Lawyers Association and the Accountable Care Organization Task Force, Webinar
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Panelist,
Healthcare Antitrust Fundamentals,
The American Bar Association Health Law Section, Section of Antitrust Law, Young Lawyers Division and Center for Professional Development, Webinar
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Moderator,
Current Developments in Healthcare Anti-Trust Enforcement,
Washington Health Law Summit 2012,
American Bar Association Health Law Section, Washington, DC
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Speaker,
Anti-Trust/Risk Management: Protecting Your Association,
Congress of Chiropractic State Associations Convention 2012,
COCSA, Atlanta, GA
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Speaker,
Challenges in the World of Hospital Mergers: Corporate and Antitrust Concerns to Raise Early,
American Bar Association Health & Business Law Sections and the Center for Professional Development, Webinar
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Speaker,
Clinical Integration: Why You Should Care!,
CFO Forum,
Healthcare Financial Management Association - Georgia Chapter, Atlanta, GA
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Panelist,
ACO Emerging Trends: Lessons Learned on ACO Start-Up,
CLE Webinar,
American Health Lawyers Association, Webinar
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Panelist,
ACOs Nuts and Bolts: Critical Development, Implementation, Operation and Legal Issues,
American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting 2012,
AHLA, Chicago, IL
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Moderator,
Analysis of Mergers Involving Health Plans, PBMs and Drug Wholesalers,
Antitrust in Healthcare Conference,
ABA Antitrust Section, ABA Health Law Section, American Health Lawyers Association
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Speaker,
Debating the Competitive Benefits and Costs of MFNS,
ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting,
American Bar Association, Washington, DC
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Moderator,
Trade Associations and Group Purchasing Organizations,
Healthcare Antitrust Bootcamp Webinar Series, Part VII,
Antitrust Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association, Webinar
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Moderator,
Understanding Competition in Health-Care Markets: How Is Health Care Different from Other Industries,
American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, DC
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Moderator,
The Fundamentals of a Healthcare Transaction: An Interactive Look at the Anatomy of a Deal,
American Bar Association Health Law Section and the Center for Professional Development, Webinar
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Moderator,
The ACOs Are Coming: What You Must Know About the Accountable Care Organizations' Final Rules,
ABA Health Law Section
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Speaker,
Engaging Private Payers: Building and Maintaining Good Relationships Without Breaking the Law,
ASCO State/Regional Affiliate Program,
American Society of Clinical Oncologists
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Moderator,
Trying a Case Involving Mixed Vertical and Horizontal Restraints: The Legal, Economic and Practical Considerations,
American Bar Association CLE Teleconference,
American Bar Association
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Moderator,
The FTC/DOJ ACO Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statement: Reconciling Collaboration and Competition,
Washington Healthcare Summit,
ABA Health Law Section
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Panelist,
An Overview of the ACO Proposed Regulations, Part III: Waiver Provisions, Antitrust, and IRS Guidance, and the Medicare Shared Savings Program's Overlap with Other Payment Provisions,
AHLA Webinar,
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Panelist,
Impact of ACOs on Physician/Provider Membership Decisions,
AHLA Annual Meeting and In House Counsel Program,
AHLA
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Speaker,
Healthcare Revisited: Practical Implementation of Health Care Law,
NASABA Convention 2011,
North American South Asian Bar Association, Los Angeles, CA
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Panelist,
Healthcare Roundtable: Accountable Care Organizations,
San Diego Daily Transcript
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Panelist,
Physician Practice Mergers: The Key Antitrust Issues,
AHLA Roundtable Discussion,
AHLA
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Speaker,
Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy,
FTC Public Workshop on Antitrust and Accountable Care Organizations,
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
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Panelist,
Health Care Reform and Competition Policy: Complements, Substitutes, or Roadblocks?,
Antitrust Spring Meeting,
ABA Section of Antitrust Law
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Panelist,
Practice Mergers: Watch Out for the FTC,
Physicians and Physician Organizations Law Institute,
AHLA
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Panelist,
Accountable Care Organizations and Competition Policy,
Center for American Progress
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Panelist,
Reform of the Health Delivery System,
ABA Section of Antitrust Law,
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Panelist,
Antitrust Developments in Health Care: 2010,
Antitrust in Healthcare Conference,
ABA Health Law Section, ABA Section of Antitrust Law and AHLA
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Antitrust: Physicians, State Health Care Reform Implementation: It's a Big Deal,
PhRMA
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Speaker,
District of Columbia Women's Bar Assocation,
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Speaker,
Mergers & Joint Ventures: Physician Self-Preservation Tactics,
NAMSS 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition,
National Association of Medical Staff Services
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Speaker,
Contracting for Quality: Clinical Integration and Accountable Care Organizations,
NAMSS 34th Annual Conference & Exhibition,
National Association of Medical Staff Services
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Panelist,
Facing Antitrust Hurdles in Forming and Operating and ACO,
National Accountable Care Organization Congress,
California Association of Physician Groups and the Integrated Healthcare Association
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Speaker,
ACO Governance and Legal Issues,
National Accountable Care Organization Summit,
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Panelist,
Provider Alignment for Quality and Payment: New Takes on Old Ideas,
Payors, Plans, and Managed Care Law Institute,
AHLA
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Panelist,
Clinical Integration and Accountable Care Organizations: Where Antitrust Law and Health Care Reform Converges,
Spring Managed Care Forum,
National Organization of Managed Care Physicians and American Association of Integrated Healthcare
Newsroom
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Feeatured in
Meet the Women Rainmakers: Christi Braun, Law Practice Today ()
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Quoted in
FTC Bares Teeth as Hospitals Buy Doc Groups, Law360 ()
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Quoted in
The Hair-Splitting of State Action Immunity – Analysis, Policy and Regulatory Report ()
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Quoted in
Highmark-West Penn Merger Sets Precedent for Payer-Provider Deals, Fierce Health Payer ()
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Quoted in
GAO Report Finds Different Views on Health Care Antitrust Guidance, DealReporter ()
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Quoted in
Health Reform Has an Antitrust Angle, Corporate Counsel ()
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Mintz Levin Attorney Christi Braun to Speak at Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Antitrust and Accountable Care Organizations, ()
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Mintz Levin Attorneys Christi Braun and Daria Niewenhous to Speak at AHLA Program on Healthcare Accountable Care Organizations, ()
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Nationally Prominent Health Care Antitrust Attorney Christi J. Braun Joins Mintz Levin, Expanding Firm’s Washington, DC Office, ()
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Nationally Prominent Health Care Antitrust Attorney Christi J. Braun Joins Mintz Levin, Expanding Firm’s Washington, DC Office, ()