Justice Dept. squelches Baton Rouge PHO

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The Dept of Justice is increasingly investigating physician-hospital organizations which engage in anticompetitive behaviors. The department settled a lawsuit against Woman's Physician Health Organization and the Woman's Hospital. The hospital allegedly used its physician-hospital organization to negotiate higher-than-average rates with managed care plans and discouraged physicians from referring to other hospitals.

Cases, United States. Department of Justice, Price fixing, Woman's Hospital (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Woman's Physician Health Organization

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Savings may be FTC test in hospital, doctor mergers

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering revising its methods for determining whether ventures between physicians organizations and hospitals are anti-competitive. Proposed FTC antitrust standards would establish a rule-of-reason treatment for evaluating physician ventures. FTC guideline revisions are expected to be released in Aug 1996.

Merger Regulation, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Acquisitions and mergers, Antitrust law, Economic policy, Physicians, Medical professions, Corporation law, United States. Federal Trade Commission

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