Partners in the background materials, address the following: 1. Explain the arrangement in this case. 2. Explain the decision of the FTC. 3. What kind of actions could be taken to restructure this arrangement to avoid a determination that it is per se illegal? 4. Discuss the alternate FTC analysis that is applied to such cases if they are suspect but not found to be per se illegal. Required Reading Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. (1996). Statements of antitrust enforcement policy in health care.
