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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 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 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 an arrangement whereby two municipalities reciprocally waive otherwise applicable cost-sharing obligations of the other's bona fide residents when providing backup emergency medical services ("EMS") to such residents pursuant to a mutual response arrangement.

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.

Concerning two affiliated corporate entities that each own and operate a freestanding radiation oncology center proposing to provide the services of a dietitian and social worker at no additional charge to each center's Medicare cancer patients as part of the patients' treatment.

Concerning a proposed rewards program for referrals of prospective residents to the requestor's continuing care retirement communities by current residents and employees.

Concerning a proposal by several imaging providers to offer free insurance pre-authorization services to patients and physicians.

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

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

Regarding the use of a "preferred hospital" network as part of a Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance ("Medigap") policy.

Concerning a joint venture to provide EMS and scheduled ambulance transportation services.

Concerning a proposed arrangement between a professional organization and a referral service.

Concerning an exclusive contract for ambulance transport services between a municipality and an ambulance company that provides reimbursement to the city for the costs of providing emergency dispatch services and for monitoring the quality of the emergency ambulance operation.

Concerning an exclusive contract for ambulance transport services between a township and an ambulance company that provides for reimbursement to the township for the costs of providing emergency dispatch services.

Concerning a proposal for a hospital to provide subsidies to an affiliated ambulance cooperative, to enable the cooperative to provide certain ambulance services currently provided by the hospital.

Concerning a proposal for a government entity to subsidize copayments for outpatient prescription drugs owed by certain financially needy Medicare Part D enrollees.

Concerning the provision of free blood pressure screenings to walk-in visitors at a hospital.

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