Advisory Opinions
Our staff issue advisory opinions to help clarify FTC rules and decisions regarding either competition or consumer protection issues, often in response to requests from businesses and industry groups. To find a specific opinion, use the filters on this page. Parties may request advice from our staff concerning proposed conduct.
Health Care Antitrust Issues
Valley Baptist Medical Center
re: Sale of pharmaceuticals by non-profit hospital to contracted workers who provide services at the hospital
Arkansas Children's Hospital
re: Sale of pharmaceuticals by non-profit children's hospital to patients seen in clinics operated by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on the hospital's campus.
PriMed Physicians
re: proposal of PriMed Physicians, a physician group practice with 55 physician employees located in Dayton, Ohio, to create with other Dayton-area physicians an advocacy group to undertake "a campaign to inform and educate the general public" about, in the physicians' opinion, the "ill effects and other consequences of the policies and procedures, including depressed reimbursement, by third party payers in Dayton."
Health Access Inc.
re: Sale of vaccines by non-profit hospital to affiliated wellness center.
MedSouth, Inc.
re: proposal of MedSouth, Inc., a physician independent practice association located in Denver, Colorado, to integrate partially its member physicians' practices.
Connecticut Hospital Association
re: The applicability of the Non-Profit Institutions Act (NPIA or the Act) to sales of pharmaceuticals by CHA member hospitals to their retired employees
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Inc.
re: Sale of pharmaceuticals by non-profit, multi-specialty medical clinic to employees and to patients treated at the clinic).
Northeast Pharmacy Service Corporation
re: Proposal to establish a network of independent pharmacies in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
BJC Health System
re: Applicability of the Non-Profit Institutions Act
Orange Pharmacy Equitable Network
re: OPEN's intention to establish a network of independent community pharmacies and pharmacists
Wesley Health Care Center, Inc.
re: Sales of pharmaceuticals by non-profit skilled nursing facility to volunteers working at the center
Associates in Neurology
re: Independent provider association composed of eleven neuorologists in the Los Angeles area
Phoenix Medical Network, Inc.
re: Physician network of osteopathic services providers
North Mississippi Health Services
re: Sales of pharmaceuticals by non-profit hospital to patients of the hospital’s cancer treatment center)
Alliance of Independent Medical Services, LLC
re: Network of ambulance and ambulette services providers formed to contract for transportation services with third party payers
Community Hospital, Inc.
re: Corporate restructuring of nonprofit hospital corporation
New Jersey Pharmacists Association
re: NJPA Proposal to Establish Two Pharmacist Service Networks
First Look, L.L.C.
re: Network of optical and vision services providers
Yellowstone Physicians, L.L.C.
re: Multispecialty physician network joint venture
