Glossary of Topics

 

Table of Contents

 

Actuarial Aspects of the PPO

 

Antitrust Considerations with the PPO

 

Antitrust Law

 

Bankruptcy and Medical Costs

 

Blue Cross and North Dakota Rx Card

 

California Unfair Trade Practices Act

 

Chargemaster

 

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

 

Federal Trade Commission

 

FTC Investigative and Regulatory Authority

 

Hart-Scot-Rodino Act

 

Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act

 

Hospital Consent to Treatment, Release of Information and

Financial Responsibility Form

 

Hospital Networks

 

Hospital Pricing – No Simple Answer

 

Hospital Rate Regulation

 

Hospital Regulations and State Hospital Associations

 

Improving Health/Care:  A Dose of Competition

 

Legal Issues – Managed Care

 

Managed Care Liability

 

McCarran-Ferguson Act

 

Medicare Outlier Regulations

 

Medicare Outliers

 

MedSouth Antitrust Activities

 

Overview of Antitrust

 

Pathology Billing Scams (Lab Referrals)

 

Physicians Response to Malpractice Premiums

 

Pricing and the Chargemaster – Wisconsin Practice

 

Privacy as an Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice

 

Pro-Freedom Blog and Class Action

 

Reazin Litigation

 

Reformation of Our Health Care System

 

Regulatory Guidelines for Provider-Related Antitrust Issues

 

Reinventing Health Care Antitrust Enforcement

 

Robinson-Patman Act

 

Self-Funding and Antitrust Laws

 

Spitzer v. Marsh& McClennan

 

Statutory Overview – Antitrust Issues

 

Sunset of Managed Care

 

Tenet Healthcare-Medicare Litigation

 

Tenet Hospital Scandal

 

Unbundled Self-Funded Health Plans

 

Vermont Health Reforms Initiates