Anti-Trust
Review Chapter 4 of your course text. Prepare a four to five page double-spaced paper (excluding title and reference pages), on the following topic:
You are a manager with five years of experience and need to write a report for senior management on how your firm can avoid the threat of a Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) investigation if you were to merge with other Health Care Organizations (H.C.O.s). Research on your own to select a health care organization in the United States that has been charged with an antitrust action within the last five years and use this information as the basis for your paper. In your report:
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> a. Summarize the charges and rebuttal or mitigation of charges used by the health care organization you researched
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> b. Discuss lessons learned and propose actions that can be taken by your management to avoid similar anti-trust actions in your proposed merger.
Your paper must include an introduction, thesis, and conclusion and be four to five page double-spaced (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of three- to- five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (excluding the course text) that were published within the last five years, in APA format.
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Introduction
The Federal Trade Commission is an American agency which is responsible for the promotion of consumer protection and prevention of business malpractices such as coercive monopoly. The FTC carries out thorough investigations in case of business malpractices or consumer exploitation by companies and institutions that offer healthcare services. The paper will aim at looking at a health care organization which has been charged with antitrust actions as the basis of the paper. The use of Federal Trade Commission to promote consumer protection and prevent business malpractices such as forced or powerful monopoly
A health care organization can avoid the threats of a FTC investigation by abiding and complying with their rules and regulations (Labaree, 2010). The commission has articulated………………
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