[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17057]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3583]


La Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico, et al.; Prohibited Trade 
Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, the Medical Association, 
the Physiatry Section, and the two doctors from encouraging, organizing 
or entering into: any boycott or refusal to deal with any third-party 
payer; or any agreement to refuse to provide services to patients 
covered by any third-party payer. In addition, the consent order 
prohibits, for five years, the respondents from soliciting information 
from physiatrists regarding their decisions whether to participate in 
agreements with insurers and provide service; from passing such 
information along to other doctors; and from giving physiatrists advice 
about making those decisions.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 2, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Loughnan or Alice Au, New York Regional Office, Federal Trade 
Commission, 150 William Street, Suite 1300, New York, N.Y. 10038. (212) 
264-1207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, March 29, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 16144, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of La Asociacion Medica de Puerto 
Rico, et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-17057 Filed 7-11-95; 8:45 am]
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