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Federal Trade Commission Proposes Ban on Non-complete Clauses On January 19, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule that if finalized would ban most non-compete clauses…

Federal Trade Commission Announces First Penalties for Enforcement Action Against Good Rx On February 1, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took enforcement action for the first time…

Federal Trade Commission Files Suit Against Private Equity–Funded Practice On September 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the filing of a lawsuit against a Texas anesthesia group…

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…Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, 83% received a penalty, which will be deducted from each payment for a Medicare patient stay over the fiscal year from October 1, 2019-October 1,2020….

…Coverage Jay Hancock with Kaiser Health News reports that after Federal regulators last year said so-called “skinny plans” without inpatient hospital benefits were not compliant with the Affordable Care…

…has evolved into a very academic event and our journal is rapidly gaining traction.” The International Journal of Spine Surgery (formerly SAS Journal) is the official scientific journal of…