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Article: IPA SETTLES CHARGES: NORTH LAKE TAHOE MEDICAL GROUP AGREES TO UNUSUAL PROVISION.
- Article from:
- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- March 29, 1999
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A group of 91 physicians has settled charges that it tried to stop the spread of managed care into California's Lake Tahoe Basin.
The Federal Trade Commission said that in settling, the physicians agreed to an unusual provision that attempts to reverse the consequences of their alleged illegal behavior.
The North Lake Tahoe Medical Group, an independent practice association based in Truckee, Calif., illegally fixed prices and resisted financial risk on behalf of physicians, according to the FTC.
The group's members represent at least 78% of physicians in the North Lake Tahoe market and 70% of those in the South Lake Tahoe area, the FTC said.
Since the IPA was ...
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