Anti-Trust the FTC Safeguards Consumers
Health Care – Case Assignment – Anti-Trust
The FTC reports, educates and brings, hears and decides cases involving unfair competition or threats to consumer protection. One of its actions involved AllCare/IPAMG, which conspired to unfairly fix prices in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 45. After consent by IPAMG, an order was issued with multiple penalties and checks on IPAMG actions for 3 years after the order. Though the penalties were extensive, they were fair due to consent and their effectiveness in limiting future violations by IPAMG.