Article: US FTC: Lake Tahoe Physician Group to settle charges that they conspired to fix prices & limit choice.

M2 PRESSWIRE-23 March 1999-US FTC: Lake Tahoe Physician Group to settle FTC charges that they conspired to fix prices and limit choice for consumers (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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North Lake Tahoe Medical Group, Inc. (Tahoe IPA) -- a for-profit corporation that comprises at least 70 percent of all physicians practicing in the North and South Lake Tahoe areas -- has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it restrained competition among physicians by fixing or increasing the prices that are paid for physician services, and deprived third-party payers, their subscribers, and patients, of the benefits of competition among ...

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