Antitrust Archives - Wisdom. Applied. https://blog.weisspc.com/category/antitrust/ Wisdom Applied - Decoding the Business of Healthcare — Mark Weiss’s Perspective Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:47:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183918279 An Algorithmic Conspiracy? DOJ Weighs In on MultiPlan Case https://blog.weisspc.com/an-algorithmic-conspiracy/ https://blog.weisspc.com/an-algorithmic-conspiracy/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:37:50 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=31787 As healthcare payers, tech platforms, and pricing vendors increasingly collaborate through sophisticated analytics, this case is a clear reminder: if you're coordinating decisions that competitors used to make...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/an-algorithmic-conspiracy/feed/ 0 31787 Cancer Doctor Turns Out to Be Carcinogenic – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-audio/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:08:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30692 I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-audio/feed/ 0 30692 Cancer Doctor Turns Out to Be Carcinogenic – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-video/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:17:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30685 I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology-video/feed/ 0 30685 Cancer Doctor Turns Out to Be Carcinogenic https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology/ https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:26:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30539 I represent physicians in transactions across the country and there are plenty of ways to make a profit and to do the right thing for patients.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/research-misconduct-in-oncology/feed/ 0 30539 FTC Sues U.S. Anesthesia Partners and PE Backer For Monopolization https://blog.weisspc.com/ftc-sues-u-s-anesthesia-partners-and-pe-backer-for-monopolization/ https://blog.weisspc.com/ftc-sues-u-s-anesthesia-partners-and-pe-backer-for-monopolization/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:20:34 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=30319 First, it’s important to note that anyone who can pay the filing fee can bring suit and the Biden administration’s FTC under its Chair, Lina Khan, has been extremely aggressive in filing them, with pretty shoddy results.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/ftc-sues-u-s-anesthesia-partners-and-pe-backer-for-monopolization/feed/ 0 30319 Can You Trust Anti-Trust? – Success in Motion https://blog.weisspc.com/can-you-trust-anti-trust-sim/ https://blog.weisspc.com/can-you-trust-anti-trust-sim/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:06:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=27587 Ride along with Mark as he discusses the federal government's prosecution of employers alleged to restrict employee job switching freedom.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/can-you-trust-anti-trust-sim/feed/ 0 27587 Was the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Surprise Medical Billing and U.S. Anesthesia Partners v. UnitedHealthcare – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-audio/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24526 There is nothing inherently fair in the notion of paying a purported “fair fee”. If there were, insurers would never have been in favor of it.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-audio/feed/ 0 24526 Was the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Surprise Medical Billing and U.S. Anesthesia Partners v. UnitedHealthcare – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-video/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24493 There's nothing inherently fair in this notion of paying a purported “fair fee”. If there were, insurers would never have been in favor of it.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare-video/feed/ 0 24493 Was the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Surprise Medical Billing and U.S. Anesthesia Partners v. UnitedHealthcare https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare/ https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:04:48 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=24266 There is nothing inherently fair in the notion of paying a purported “fair fee”. If there were, insurers would never have been in favor of it.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/surprise-medical-billing-us-anesthesia-partners-v-unitedhealthcare/feed/ 0 24266 Medical Practice Admits Guilt. Pays $100 Million. Physician President Now Indicted. – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-audio/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=23962 It is a crime, a violation of antitrust law, to conspire to allocate a market, thus driving up the price. It is particularly egregious when the conspiracy involves the market for medical care for cancer treatment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-audio/feed/ 0 23962 Medical Practice Admits Guilt. Pays $100 Million. Physician President Now Indicted. – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-video/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=23950 It is a crime, a violation of antitrust law, to conspire to allocate a market, thus driving up the price. It is particularly egregious when the conspiracy involves the market for medical care for cancer treatment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement-video/feed/ 0 23950 Medical Practice Admits Guilt. Pays $100 Million. Physician President Now Indicted. https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement/ https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=19506 It’s a crime, a violation of antitrust law, to conspire to allocate a market, thus driving up price. It’s particularly egregious when the conspiracy involves the market for medical care for cancer treatment.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/oncology-antitrust-violation-settlement/feed/ 0 19506 FTC Challenge to Sandford Health/Mid Dakota Clinic Physician Group Merger and the Lesson for You – Medical Group Minute https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-video/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-video/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:35:10 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10198 Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-video/feed/ 0 10198 FTC Challenge to Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Clinic Physician Group Merger and the Lesson for You – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-audio/#respond Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:03 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=10167 Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law in the healthcare sector.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk-audio/feed/ 0 10167 FTC Challenge to Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Clinic Physician Group Merger and the Lesson For You https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:00:16 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=9751 Like a bear emerging from its long winter nap, the Federal Trade Commission is hungry to enforce antitrust law in the healthcare sector, including, notably, in connection with monopolization through mergers in the market for physician services. In 2017, the FTC challenged the proposed merger of physician group Mid Dakota Clinic into Sanford Health, an...

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-merger-antitrust-risk/feed/ 0 9751 An Antitrust Exemption for Physicians? – Podcast https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians-audio/ https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians-audio/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:00:15 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=7231 Major League Baseball has an antitrust exemption. It also has a level playing field. The players, as employees, can collectively bargain.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians-audio/feed/ 0 7231 An Antitrust Exemption for Physicians? https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians/ https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:00:26 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=6017 Health insurers have an antitrust exemption in respect of coordinated gathering of data for ratemaking. The playing field isn’t particularly level. Physicians can’t share pricing information or collectively bargain for payment rates.

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]]> https://blog.weisspc.com/antitrust-exemption-physicians/feed/ 0 6017 We’re in a Recession, but Don’t Believe Everything You Read in the Press https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-recession-skepticism/ https://blog.weisspc.com/healthcare-recession-skepticism/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:02:37 +0000 https://blog.weisspc.com/?p=64 We’re in a recession—but not all narratives are accurate. Physicians need to interpret economic headlines with informed skepticism.

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