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Concerning a Training Affiliation Agreement between a military medical group and a public community hospital.

Concerning the formation of a new long-term care pharmacy and the agreement to manage all of its day-to-day operations and provide all personnel and related services necessary for its operation.

Concerning a complimentary local transportation arrangement whereby a hospital would transport patients from physician offices located on, or contiguous to, the hospital's campus to the hospital if the patients require further treatment and cannot transport themselves.

Concerning a network of pediatric charity hospitals plan to: (1) begin billing third-party payers, including Federal health care programs, for services rendered, and waive all cost-sharing amounts without regard to patients' financial need; (2) adopt a new financial need-based policy of providing lodging assistance, in limited circumstances, to patients, including Federal health care program beneficiaries, and their families; and (3) adopt a new financial need-based policy of providing transportation assistance, in limited circumstances, to patients, including Federal health care program beneficiaries, and their families.

Concerning proposed payment plans for emergency and non-emergency transportation services provided for Medicaid-covered residents of skilled nursing facilities.

Concerning the amendment of an exclusive contract for emergency ambulance transport services between a municipality and an ambulance company.

Regarding an arrangement between a sleep testing provider and a hospital to provide certain sleep testing equipment and services, including marketing services, for a hospital-owned sleep testing facility.

Concerning a proposed arrangement between a sleep testing provider and a hospital to provide certain sleep testing equipment and services, including marketing services, for a hospital-owned sleep testing facility.

Regarding an ambulance company's contract to exclusively provide basic life support ambulance transport services for a town.

Concerning a radiology group's proposal to offer free insurance pre-authorization services to referring physicians.

Concerning the use of a "preferred hospital" network as part of a Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance ["Medigap"] policy.

Concerning a proposal to extend one night of free post-surgical accommodations to pediatric tonsillectomy patients insured by Federal health care programs.

Concerning a proposed arrangement for a non-profit charitable organization to receive donations of cash and durable medical equipment ("DME") from pharmaceutical manufacturers, DME suppliers and others, to provide funding grants and DME to entities that serve individuals suffering from coagulation disorders, and to provide DME directly to certain financially needy individuals.

Concerning two potential donations to support programs that provide services to children and families, which were included as part of a private settlement of an administrative dispute.

Concerning a cochlear implant manufacturer that seeks to compensate certain providers for the provision of otherwise unreimbursable services rendered in connection with faulty external components of a cochlear implant while the product is still under warranty.

Concerning an arrangement between a sleep testing provider and a hospital to provide certain sleep testing equipment and services for a hospital-owned sleep testing facility.

Concerning a joint venture between two components of an academic medical center to build and own an ambulatory care center on a 50-50 basis.

Concerning a hospital's proposal to provide insurance pre-authorization services free of charge to patients and physicians.

Concerning a company's proposal to encourage health care providers to use its online program for scheduling meetings with manufacturer representatives by offering the provider an opportunity to select a public charity to which the company would make a monetary, charitable contribution in the provider's name.

Concerning a state and county health services district's proposal to transfer funds to the county in which it operates a hospital to support construction of a new communications and emergency operations center.