FTC Staff Comment Regarding Amendments to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act Regarding Health Care Contract Data, Which Would Classify Health Plan Provider Contracts As Public Data
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PTO-P-2014-0043
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CG Docket No. 02-278
WC Docket No. 07-135
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The Federal Trade Commission filed a comment on the Department of Defense’s proposed amendments to its regulation implementing the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). FTC staff supports DoD’s efforts to implement strong consumer protections for service members, and gave their support for a number of the proposed amendments, including the new framework for creditors to ensure that consumers entitled to the MLA’s protections are accurately identified, as well as efforts to stop creditors that evade MLA coverage while offering a substantially similar product to those products currently covered by the existing rule. FTC staff was concerned, however, about the proposal to give certain types of creditors, such as insured credit unions, limited or complete exemptions from the regulations. Staff was also opposed to the elimination of the requirement that information be disclosed “clearly and conspicuously.”
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FTC staff submitted a comment to CODA, in response to CODA’s request for public comments on the 2014 version of its proposed accreditation standards for dental therapy education programs. The comment urged CODA to finalize and adopt accreditation standards, which likely will benefit consumers. In a previous comment to CODA in December 2013, FTC staff commended CODA’s then-proposed standards as an important first step in encouraging the development of a nationwide dental therapy profession, and recommended revisions to portions of the standards that may have limited competition for dental services. Now that many of those concerns had been addressed, the FTC staff comment urged CODA “to finalize and adopt proposed standards without unnecessary delay, so that the development of this emerging service model can proceed, and consumers can reap the likely benefits of increased competition.”
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Staff submitted a comment containing information that may be useful to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, regarding issues relating to PBM compensation and fee disclosure. The comment discussed prior FTC analyses relating to the Council’s general inquiry, and addressed some recent questions directed to FTC staff by the Council.
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