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Concerning a pharmaceutical company patient assistance program that provides free outpatient prescription drugs to financially-needy Medicare Part D enrollees entirely outside of the Part D benefit.

Concerning two proposed programs to manage the delivery of durable medical equipment and orthotics to be offered to physicians by a durable medical equipment and orthotics manufacturer and supplier.

Concerning a home health agency's practice of providing prospective customers with a free preoperative home safety assessment.

Concerning a proposal to enter into a joint venture to establish a day treatment facility to provide psychiatric services to pediatric patients.

Concerning a hospital's proposed donation of a medical office building to a state-affiliated medical school that will use the building to relocate the school's existing family medicine clinic.

Concerning a proposal by a municipal corporation that provides emergency medical services (EMS) through its fire department to treat revenue received from certain local taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts due from residents and nonresident taxpayers who receive EMS within the municipality.

Concerning a laboratory's proposal to provide free blood collection supplies to physicians and pay those physicians for the collection of blood samples.

Concerning a proposal by a municipality, which provides emergency medical services ("EMS") through its fire department, to treat revenue received from local taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts due from residents of one of its service areas.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with a group of cardiologists a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the cardiologists' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain procedures.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with a group of cardiac surgeons a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the surgeons' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain surgical procedures.

Concerning an exclusive contract for ambulance services between a municipality and ambulance company that provides for an in-kind exchange of dispatch services and billing services between the parties.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with five cardiology groups a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the cardiologists' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain cardiac catheterization laboratory procedures.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with a group of cardiac surgeons a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the surgeons' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain surgical procedures.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with each of eight cardiology groups a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the cardiology group's implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain cardiac catheterization laboratory procedures.

Concerning a proposed arrangement in which a hospital will share with a group of cardiac surgeons a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the surgeons' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures in certain surgical procedures.

Concerning a malpractice insurance subsidy arrangement between a hospital and two neurosurgeons.

Concerning a series of cash donations to a nonprofit hospice from a charitable foundation affiliated with a health system.

Concerning a proposed contractual joint venture arrangement for the provision of pathology services.

Concerning a proposal to provide laboratory employees and related equipment and supplies at no cost to dialysis facilities for the purpose of preparing specimens for delivery to the laboratory.

Concerning a proposal to treat revenue received from local taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts owed for emergency ambulance services furnished by a city.