Articles > Reference > News Wires, White Papers, and Books > US Fed News Service, Including US State News news wires > July-September 2006 > Wednesday, August 23

Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT THAT PROTECTS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FROM ANTITRUST PRACTICES

Article from:
US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Article date:
August 23, 2006
Copyright

The Connecticut Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that a health care services company has agreed to cease anticompetitive contracts conditioning the sale of dental services at certain long-term care facilities on the purchase of additional and distinct medical services.

HealthDrive, a Massachusetts company, conditioned the purchase of dental care services on the purchase of services such as audiological, podiatric and optometric services. These conditioned purchases - dubbed "tying" - tie less desirable purchases to more desirable ones. It compelled nursing homes to buy services from a particular health care provider - ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: HILLHAVEN AND LIFE CARE ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF STRATEGIC JOINT ...
PR Newswire;  October 10, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... provider of long term care, and Life Care Centers ... services to long term care and subacute care facilities. The MediLife Pharmacy ... term and subacute care facilities. Under the agreement ... most respected long term care providers," commented ...

Article: HealthRamp Announces Its First Strategic Alliance in the Long ...
PR Newswire;  January 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the deployment of CareGiver to long term care facilities in New York State. Ramp, through ... deploying our CareGiver technology to long term care facilities. With over 1,000 long term care facilities in New York State, and over 50,000 ...

Article: Retailers eye long-term care. (pharmaceutical ...
Chain Drug Review;  December 9, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Retailers eye long-term care MONTREAL - During the next several ... supply and consultancy for long-term care facilities, a small sideline for some retailers ... homes, hospitals and other long-term care institutions will not constitute ...

Article: HC Innovations Signs Contract with HealthSpring to Provide ...
Business Wire;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Tennessee members residing in certain long-term care facilities. Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. (ECI ... medical care available to residents in long-term care facilities. Long-term care residents of HealthSpring's SpecialCare Medicare ...

Article: Outbreak Emphasizes Benefits Of Vaccination In Long-Term ...
Vaccine Weekly;  September 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... resulting in deaths, occur in long-term care facilities with low vaccine coverage. Pneumococcal ... that mandate hospitals, adult day health care facilities, and long-term care facilities (LTCF), including nursing homes and assisted ...

Article: Outbreak Emphasizes Benefits Of Vaccination In Long-Term ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  September 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... resulting in deaths, occur in long-term care facilities with low vaccine coverage. Pneumococcal ... that mandate hospitals, adult day health care facilities, and long-term care facilities (LTCF), including nursing homes and assisted ...

Long-Term Care Facilities and Nursing Homes.(Public ...
The Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide;  January 1, 1995 ;     476 words ...Long-Term Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Long-term care facilities provide extended care for patients with conditions that cannot be accommodated in a general hospital. Among these facilities are hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis ...

Article: GOV. SEBELIUS NAMES ADVOCATE FOR KANSANS IN LONG-TERM ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 5, 2006 ;     498 words ... ... commitment to residents of long-term care facilities and Kansas seniors, Gov. Kathleen ... Ombudsman. The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman advocates for residents of long-term care facilities across the state, and oversees ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives