From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Throwing weight around with contract partners gets hospital in antitrust trouble

January 27, 2009

For five years, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston (MHHS) is not allowed to ask health insurers what they pay to other hospitals, among other restrictions contained in a consent decree. This is because (allegedly) MHHS systematically discouraged health insurers from adding a competing hospital to their insurance coverage networks, and used its leverage [...]

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Gift tax exemption increases to $13K per year ($26K per couple)

January 27, 2009

From the Sheppard Mullin law firm: Changes in the estate and gift tax law, effective January 1, 2009 [link]

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