Ultraawesome Imaging is one of the nation’s biggest manufacturers and distributors of ultrasound machines.  Due to the success of its marketing and the superiority of its products, it has gained a 60% market share of ultrasound machines in 8 of the 10 largest healthcare markets in the country.  New-Fangled Ultrasounds is a new ultrasound manufacturing company, and it’s trying to break into various US markets.  Ultraawesome gets wind of these attempts after a number of its purchasers ask about their quality compared to New-Fangled, as well as the lower prices being offered by New-Fangled.  Trying to avoid any defamation claim, the CEO of Ultraawesome responds to these questions by just highlighting the long track record of their machines, since they’ve been in the business for decades.  However, the CEO becomes concerned about the threat to Ultraawesome’s bottom line with a new competitor.  The CEO decides to make an offer to New-Fangled to purchase its business and technology, including all patents obtained by New-Fangled.  Since New-Fangled is just starting to enter a lot of the same markets, the purchase wouldn’t increase Ultraawesome’s market share, but it would give Ultraawesome a small market share in rural areas where it has very few sales currently. Following a complaint by another competitor to the FTC contesting the potential purchase, the FTC investigates and decides to prohibit the acquisition of New-Fangled by Ultraawesome.  Ultraawesome contests the decision in Federal District Court.  Should the judge overseeing the case use the rule of reason or per se violation doctrine to decide the case, and why? Should the potential purchase be deemed a violation of antitrust law, and why or why not? (2-3 sentences)

Dr. Jamison is a neurologist in Metro City.  Because there are so many neurologists in the city, she’s struggling to find enough patients to support her practice.  Dr. Jamison decides to invest in radiology services—primarily by purchasing an MRI machine—that will be located in a city roughly 150 miles away.  Although Dr. Jamison knows that it’s too far for her to refer patients to and doesn’t plan to refer patients, she expects the investment to generate significant additional income due to the vibrant medical system in that city.  This arrangement might violate the

A physician practice group realizes that there’s a software flaw causing its billings to Medicare and Medicaid to increase by 1% for each bill submitted.  Once the group realizes the flaw, it has the software fixed.  Because the amount of overbilling was only 1% and the software is now billing the correct amounts, the group decides not to inform the federal government of the overbilling.  The physician group violates the False Claims Act.

Dr. Farsight is a general practitioner and has both adult and pediatric patients.  One day Dr. Farsight forgets his glasses that he wears to address his farsightedness, meaning he has trouble seeing things close up, but decides to examine patients anyway despite a state regulation restricting the practice of medicine when the physician is experiencing a visual, physical or cognitive condition that can impact their capabilities.  He sees Timothy, a 35-year old male, for his annual medical exam.  Dr. Farsight notices a strange spot on Timothy’s arm and decides to perform a biopsy.  He doesn’t tell Timothy that he’s having trouble seeing things close up or ask Timothy what the mark might be.  Dr. Farsight sends the biopsy for testing, and the results come back: the spot is from a black permanent marker.  Timothy’s child had drawn it on his arm without Timothy noticing! If Timothy decides to file a complaint for negligence against Dr. Farsight, which NEGLIGENCE DOCTRINE would be most helpful to Timothy in proving his case?

A hospital corporation decides to purchase a physician group practice in the same geographic region.  This is considered a _________ combination Vertical Horizontal 3-Dimensional Service

When identifying the performance skills of folding laundry, which skills are most critical?

Dr. Jamison is approached by Druggie McDrugerstein Pharmaceuticals, which asks him to prescribe their new pain medication.  The pharmaceutical company offers to pay him $1 per prescription.  Dr. Jamison doesn’t see a problem with this, since it’s a small amount of money and he doesn’t prescribe the medication to anyone who doesn’t have a medical need for it.  This arrangement might violate which of the following statutes? 

Episodes in which people are inattentive to those around them because they are paying attention to their devices instead are known as phubbing (a combination of phoning and snubbing.)

What type of initiative may be necessary to increase accessibility of dental hygiene to all populations?

Dirk is an administrator at Poorly Managed Hospital (PMH).  Both his colleagues and his supervisor regularly ridicule him based on his height and weight.  Dirk asks his supervisor to stop, and to direct his colleagues to stop as well.  Rather than stopping the ridicule, all involved increase the verbal abuse.  Dirk reports his supervisor and colleagues to HR, but they ignore the report.  The abuse becomes so bad that Dirk decides to quit.  He files a lawsuit for wrongful discharge against PMH.  Will Dirk’s lawsuit be successful?