LEGAL ENFORCEMENT OF ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE: REGULATION OF ANTITRUST AND FRAUD (SLP)

In the Matter of South Georgia Health Partners, et al., FTC Docket No. C-4100
Complaint: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2003/11/sgeorgiacomp.pdf
Decision and order: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2003/11/sgeorgiado.pdf

After reviewing the complaint and decision and order for In the Matter of South Georgia Health 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.

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your analysis.
2. Limit your response to a maximum of 2 pages (title and reference page is not included in page number count).
3. Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3-4 references, excluding the complaint and decision. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.
4. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
5. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source: https://nccih.nih.gov/health/webresources.
6. This assignment will be graded based on the content in the rubric.