...Joseph L. Falkson; Henry Leavitt Copyright © 1980 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1980 * Editor's Note: Henry Leavitt is vice president of Health Sector Management, Inc., in Washington, D.C. Washington Report FTC Sings the Blues Joseph L. Falkson...

...Carolyn A. Watts Copyright © 1980 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1980 Communication FTC Sings the Blues: A Comment Carolyn A. Watts, University of Washington In a recent issue of this Journal, Joseph Falkson and Henry Leavitt...

...David I. Kass; Paul A. Pautler Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 Communication FTC Sings the Blues: A Note David I. Kass and Paul A. Pautler, Federal Trade Cornrn issio n Due to concern that physician influence on the boards...

... called for increased government regulation. The mission of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) makes it an obvious candidate to lead a new regulatory effort. However, the FTC has a troubled history in the area of children's advertising regulation, and several political and legal factors constrain its...

... in collaborations that would create or enhance market power. When providers obtain or increase market power, patients often suffer from higher prices for medical services and decreased access to quality care. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) enforce the federal antitrust...

...Lawrence P. Casalino This article examines Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy—in particular, the agency's controversial 1996 statements on clinical integration—toward joint negotiations for nonrisk contracts with health plans by physicians organized into independent practice associations (IPAs...

.... Since the 1980s, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which share responsibility for federal antitrust enforcement, have scrutinized numerous efforts by independent physicians to collectively deal with health plans. The resulting enforcement actions almost all have...

.... Health Affairs 16 : 181 -186. Glied, Sherry. 1997 . Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice (FTC/DOJ). 2004. Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition. Washington, DC: FTC/DOJ. www.usdoj.gov/atr...

...Carl F. Ameringer Organized medicine has battled the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the 1970s over enforcement of the antitrust laws. Physicians' discontent stems from the belief that federal policy allows managed care organizations to achieve dominance in health care markets just...

...: American Medical Association. Dranove, D. D., and M. A. Satterthwaite. 2000 . The Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets. In Handbook of Health Economics , ed. A. Culyer and J. Newhouse, 1094 -1139. New York: Elsevier Science. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 2004a . FTC Antitrust Actions...

.... Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice (FTC/DOJ). 2004. Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition. Washington, DC: FTC/DOJ. www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/204694.htm#toc . Greaney, Thomas L. 2004 . Chicago's Procrustean Bed: Applying Antitrust Law in Health Care. Antitrust Law...

... Politics, Policy and Law 2 (Spring, 1977): 48-78. 12. Ibid., p. 60. 13. In re Indiana Federation of Dentists, DKT. No. 9118, Federal Trade Commission, March 25, 1980. 14. See, for example, Consent Order to Cease and Desist, Forbes Health System Medical Staff, (FTC File No. 781 0009...

... and heterogeneity of local health care markets, it advises courts not to accept the FTC's preemptive standard regarding the significance of hospitals' nonprofit status and keep open the possibility of fashioning new presumptive rules tailored to more complete economic accounts of nonprofit firm behavior. Duke...

.... Despite M&As having a history of ill effects on competition and innovation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has challenged few M&As in the pharmaceutical industry over the past 10 years (Tyler and Burnett 2021 ). This circumstance speaks to the difficulty of evaluating and challenging M...

... Ordered by ALF . Vol. 45 , 11 August, pp. 239 -40. Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report. 1984 . FTC Orders Hospital Chain to Divest California Facility . Vol. 47 , 12 July, pp. 58 -59. Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report. 1985 . FTC's Opinions and Order in re Hospital Corporation...

... nonprofit hospital affiliations. (The FTC has conducted investigations in this area, however, and the possibility of future actions by that agency cannot be overlooked.) 3. Reiter v. Sonotone Corp., 442 U.S. 330, 343 (1979). 4. Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc., 429 U.S. 477, 488 (1977...

... and Response on Proposed Final Judgment. Federal Register 70 : 40058 -62. Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice (FTC/DOJ). 2004. Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition. Washington, DC: FTC/DOJ. www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/204694.htm#toc . Freidson, E. 2001 . Professionalism...

.... 2. 445 E Supp. 589 (1977). 3. In re American Medical International, Inc., 104 FTC 1 (1984) (No. 9158). See text below for a discussion of this case. 4. 521 F. Supp. 842 (1981). 5. The metropolitan service area consists of one or more entire counties which are economically...

... rational was his solution. Unless restrained . . . he might wonder whether the solution lay with more goods or fewer demons.” J. K. Galbraith, The Affluent Society, Mentor, 1976, p. 121. On “FTC Sings The Blues” and its respondents To the editor: In February 1976 the Federal Trade...

... FTC/Department of Justice Hearing on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy, September 25. www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/204694/chapter2.htm#N37 . Berenson, Robert A. 2003. Testimony before the Joint FTC/Department of Justice Hearing on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy, May 30...