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South Carolina Physician-hospital Organization Agrees To Settle Physician Price-fixing Charges
Protecting Competition, the Federal Trade Commission Approves Novartis AGs Acquisition of Eon Labs
Announced Action for July 5, 2005
San Juan, IPA, In the Matter of
San Juan IPA, Inc., a physicians’ independent practice association operating in northwestern New Mexico, agreed to settle Commission charges that it orchestrated and carried out agreements among its member doctors to set the price that they would accept from health plans, to bargain collectively to obtain the group’s desired price terms, and to refuse to deal with health plans except on collectively determined price terms. According to the complaint, the effect of this conduct was higher prices for medical services for the area’s consumers. The consent order prohibits the association from collectively negotiating with health plans on behalf of its physicians and from setting their terms of dealing with such purchasers. This consent involves 120 physicians who make up about 80 percent of the doctors practicing independently in the area of Farmington, New Mexico.
Announced Actions for June 17, 2005
New Millennium Orthopaedics, LLC; et al., In the Matter of
The Commission settled charges with two small groups of orthopedic physicians in the Cincinnati area that had formed an independent practice association that jointly negotiated contracts regarding the rates its physician members would charge health plans and other payors for their services. In addition to the usual prohibitions on joint negotiations, the Commission’s order disbanded the IPA and prohibited future collective bargaining.
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate
FTC Testifies on New Entry into Hospital Competition
Announced Actions for May 20, 2005
Northwest New Mexico Physicians Agree to Settle FTC Charges That They Fixed Prices
Health Care and the FTC: The Agency as Prosecutor and Policy Wonk
FTC Halts Physician Price-Fixing in Cincinnati Area
Announced Actions for April 22, 2005
FTC Requests Re-Hearing in Schering-Plough Case
Announced Actions for April 19, 2005
Preferred Health Services, Inc., In the Matter of
The order prohibits Preferred Health Services from orchestrating collective agreements and other terms for physician services when negotiating with health insurance plans and other third party payers. According to the complaint these agreements among the physician-hospital organization of doctors and the Oconee Memorial Hospital in northwestern South Carolina to collectively negotiate fees and terms of services could lead to higher health care costs and limited physician access.
Announced Action for April 7, 2005
Chicago-Area Physicians Group Agrees Not to Fix Prices
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