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Residency Match Programs for Healthcare Professionals Come Under Antitrust Scrutiny

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In recent months, private class action lawsuits have challenged residency match programs for pharmacists and veterinarians under antitrust laws. In addition, a congressional subcommittee has begun an inquiry into the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In Biggest Stark-Based FCA Settlement Ever, Indiana Hospital Pays $345M, Has Unusual CIA

Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana has agreed to pay $345 million to settle false claims allegations that it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Independent Physician Association Enforcement Not Forgotten

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On September 30, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained civil monetary penalties in the amount of $263,000 from San Juan IPA, Inc. (“San Juan”), an independent physician association operating in northwestern New...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

FTC Intervenes in Physician Practice Acquisition in North Dakota

On June 22, 2017 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint and a request for a preliminary injunction in federal court to block a proposed physician practice acquisition in North Dakota (the...more

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FTC Sets Berks County’s Broken Orthopedic Market

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Keystone Orthopaedic Specialists, LLC (“Keystone”), and Orthopaedic Associates of Reading, Ltd. (“OA”) reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last week that they had violated the antitrust laws through the...more

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