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NewsDo ACOs violate antitrust laws?
Despite growing concerns about their legality, most accountable care organizations (ACOs) will not violate antitrust laws, said Gail Kursh, JD, deputy chief of the legal policy section of the Read more...
Georgia hospital deal scrutinized as 'monopolistic' by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission board voted unanimously Wednesday to challenge a pending deal for Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System to acquire Palmyra Park Hospital, also in Albany, from Read more...
Court decision ends Red Flags Rule dispute, AMA says
A recent federal appeals court decision--which dismissed a suit focusing on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) so-called Red Flags Rule--"validates" its long-standing argument that physicians who Read more...
Supreme Court declines to hear 'pay-to-delay' pharma case
The federal government's decade-long quest to limit pharmaceutical manufacturers' actions to keep generic medications off the market for a specified time--through deals called "pay-to-delay"--ran Read more...
DoJ, FTC differ on antitrust rules for ACOs
The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are butting heads over which agency should get to enforce antitrust laws that affect the formation of accountable care organizations, the New York Read more...
Red Flags Rule enforcement delayed until year's end
The Federal Trade Commission announced this morning--one business day before the June 1 enforcement date--that physicians will be granted yet another temporary reprieve from having to comply with the Read more...
Physician groups call on FTC to reevaluate its "broad application" of Red Flags privacy rule
Objecting to the Federal Trade Commission's notion that physician practices should be considered "creditors" with regard to identity theft protection regulations, four national Read more...
Regulatory forces hit hard
This year was an eventful one for new healthcare regs. Not only did it see the initial launch of the RAC program and the beginnings of the conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 5010 coding, CMS began to Read more...
CVS Caremark reports lost deals, FTC investigation
In 2007, pharmacy operator CVS merged with pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, a $27 billion deal that seemed poised to change the dynamics of the PBM business. Two years later, however, questions are Read more...
FTC, DoJ consider new merger guidelines
Are you considering a merger? Be advised that the antitrust rules for such deals may be changing right out from under you. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have decided to hold Read more...
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