Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1992

Year Resolved

1992

Settlement Amount

n/a

Court

Kennebec Superior Court, Maine

Docket Number

92-9

Lead State

ME

Participating States

ME

Defendant(s)

Mid Coast Anesthesia, PA; Rosner, Irl, M.D.; Bohmer, Frank, M.D.; Rabinowitz, Andrew, M.D.

Case Description

Complaint under state merger law resolved by Consent Decree imposing conditions requiring Defendant anesthesiologists to do business with managed care on terms no less favorable than those for other anesthesiologists, to limit fee increases and tie into rate of inflation (and forego for one year); not to solicit an exclusive contract with payor or hospital, not to decide or collectively recommend termination or restriction of another anesthesiologist’s or CRNA’s staff privileges. Defendants also agreed to provide prior notice to AG of any fee increase or merger or entry into exclusive contract.