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More scrutiny for drug settlements
By Modern Healthcare | June 29, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
“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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On the defense | AHA says most mergers aren't anti-competitive
By Beth Kutscher | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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AHA says most hospital mergers not anticompetitive
By Beth Kutscher | June 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Order prevents Phoebe Putney from integrating new hospital
By Joe Carlson | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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No takers for expedited ACO reviews
By Melanie Evans | April 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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FTC, Idaho attorney general will fight to unravel acquisition of state's biggest doc group
By Joe Carlson | March 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Beyond ACOs | FTC approves another path to coordinated care
By Joe Carlson | March 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Look beyond the slogan, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Regional News/South: FTC approves merger between Oklahoma physicians group and local hospital
By Modern Healthcare | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Championing consumers | Leibowitz talks of challenging patent agreements, role of antitrust enforcement
By Joe Carlson | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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