Federal Trade Commission (FTC) news and information

“The Federal Trade Commission has been battling for years to end a devious tactic used by some drug companies to pay competitors to delay putting cheaper generic versions of their brand-name drugs on the market. The tactic, known as pay-for-delay, results in higher costs for consumers.
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With the reform law casting intense scrutiny on costs and what drives them, the American Hospital Association wants to deflect the notion that hospital consolidation is a significant factor.
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As hospital mergers undergo increased regulatory scrutiny, the American Hospital Association is firing back with a new report suggesting most transactions are not anticompetitive.
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Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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Just two potential Medicare accountable care organizations so far have asked federal officials for expedited antitrust reviews through a special avenue created to make sure antitrust uncertainty didn't create a drag on the government's attempts to get the model off the ground.
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Idaho attorney general will file an antitrust challenge to try to unravel the 3-month-old acquisition of the state's largest physician practice by its biggest health system.
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As healthcare providers scramble to realize the promise of clinically coordinated care, a recent decision from the Federal Trade Commission shows that regulators are giving doctors and hospitals more leeway to set up new models that don't involve sweeping corporate acquisitions.
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Joe Carlson's interview with outgoing Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz (“Championing consumers,”) repeated one of the chairman's favorite catchphrases, “pay-for-delay,” in the...
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NORMAN, Okla.—The Federal Trade Commission bestowed a rare approval on a proposed arrangement between a large group of Oklahoma doctors and a local hospital, even though people involved with the new network admit that they plan to raise some prices. In a 21-page advisory opinion, FTC...
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Jon Leibowitz is leaving his post this week as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission after presiding over a period of intense scrutiny of the healthcare industry.
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