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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.

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

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

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

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.

Regarding a proposal to waive cost-sharing obligations for protocol-required clinical services and oxygen therapy provided to Medicare beneficiaries who participate in the Long-term Oxygen Treatment Trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Concerning a hospital's proposal to compensate physicians for on-call services performed on behalf of the hospital's uninsured patients.

Concerning an arrangement whereby three municipalities reciprocally waive otherwise applicable cost-sharing obligations of individuals residing within each other's borders when providing backup emergency medical services transportation.

Concerning a proposal for a county, which provides emergency medical services (EMS) transportation through its fire department, to treat revenue received from taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts owed by bona fide county residents for EMS transportation to hospitals.

Concerning a proposal whereby a medical center providing emergency medical services transportation in a county would not bill bona fide county residents for applicable cost-sharing amounts, but would instead be paid such amounts by the county from a fund consisting of tax revenue derived from a special millage.