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Concerning a proposed arrangement under which a newly formed legal entity would provide purely administrative insurance preauthorization processing and submission services for various radiology and imaging centers.

Concerning a laboratory's proposal to provide services consisting of the labeling of test tubes and specimen collection containers at no cost to dialysis facilities.

Concerning an arrangement in which a hospital has agreed to share with a group of anesthesiologists a percentage of the hospital's cost savings arising from the anesthesiologists' implementation of a number of cost reduction measures related to anesthesia services provided during cardiac surgical procedures.

Concerning a county's exclusive contracts for emergency ambulance services, which set out how private ambulance companies should absorb the costs of transporting uninsured arrestees and reimburse the county for the costs of providing certain administrative and emergency dispatch services.

Concerning two proposals to accept low or no-cost bids for the provision of therapy services at state-operated veterans' homes.

Concerning a hospital's proposal to provide free dialysis services to chronic dialysis patients unable to obtain dialysis in their community.

Concerning a volunteer services program for the provision of specialty medical care and professional development in rural areas, through which volunteers' travel costs would be covered.

Concerning a proposed arrangement for a durable medical equipment ("DME") manufacturer to provide advertising assistance and reimbursement consulting services to some of its customers.

Concerning a municipality's exclusive contract arrangement for non-emergency inter-facility ambulance transport services.

Concerning a municipality's exclusive contract arrangement for non-emergency inter-facility ambulance transport services.

Concerning a proposal by a municipality, which provides emergency medical services through a municipally owned and operated ambulance service, to treat revenue received from local taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts due from municipal residents.

Concerning a proposed exclusive arrangement for emergency ambulance services.

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

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 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 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 contractual joint venture arrangement for the provision of pathology services.

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.

Concerning a municipality that owns and operates an ambulance service and that proposes to treat revenue received from local income taxes as payment of otherwise applicable cost-sharing amounts due from taxpayers who receive ambulance services within the municipality.

Concerning a county's proposal to enter into an exclusive arrangement for emergency ambulance services, with payment by the second responder to the first responder for the first responder's services.