{"id":7871,"date":"2017-08-18T09:49:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T13:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2017-08-18T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T13:49:22","slug":"operators-of-nearly-300-cancer-treatment-centers-accused-of-illegally-dividing-up-florida-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7871","title":{"rendered":"Operators of nearly 300 cancer treatment centers accused of illegally dividing up Florida market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A 50-page federal whistle-blower complaint accuses Florida Cancer Specialists &amp; Research Institute and 21st Century Oncology of illegally dividing services in southwest Florida to maintain their individual oncology care monopolies, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-press.com\/story\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/21st-century-oncology-florida-cancer-specialists-accused-antitrust-activities\/571879001\/\"><em>News-Press<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/operators-of-nearly-300-cancer-treatment-centers-accused-of-illegally-dividing-up-florida-market.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-symbol-medicare-doctor-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7801\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-symbol-medicare-doctor--300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-symbol-medicare-doctor--300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-symbol-medicare-doctor-.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 20px; outline: 0px; border: 1px solid #eaeaea; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.4; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: auto; font-family: 'Courier 10 Pitch', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\"><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A 50-page federal whistle-blower complaint accuses Florida Cancer Specialists &amp; Research Institute and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7872,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871\/revisions\/7872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}