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conspiracy, Defendants and their
conspirators did the following things,
among others:
(a) Successfully recruited as members
of the Federation a high percentage of
competing OB–GYNs practicing in the
Cincinnati area.
(b) Designated the Federation to
represent most Federation members in
their fee negotiations with Anthem,
Humana, United, Medical Mutual,
Aetna, and Cigna;
(c) Reached an understanding to
coordinate their negotiations through
the Federation; and
(d) In coordination with the
Federation demanded new,
substantially higher fees from each
insurer while threatening termination of
their contracts if satisfactory results
were not obtained.
76. This combination and conspiracy
has had the following effects, among
others:
(a) Price competition among
independent and competing OB–GYNs
in the Cincinnati area who became
Federation members has been retrained;
(b) Health care insurance companies
in the Cincinnati area and their
subscribers have been denied the
benefits of free and open competition in
the purchase of OB–GYN services in the
Cincinnati area; and
(c) Self insured employers and their
employees have paid significantly
higher prices for OB–GYN services in
the Cincinnati area than they would
have paid in the absence of this restraint
of trade.
IX. Request for Relief
77. To remedy these illegal acts, the
United States of America requests that
the Court:
(a) Adjudge and decree that
Defendants entered into an unlawful
contract, combination, or conspiracy in
unreasonable restraint of interstate trade
and commerce in violation of Section 1
of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1;
(b) Enjoin the Defendant Federation
and its members, officers, agents,
servants, employees and attorneys and
their successors, the individual
physician Defendants, and all other
persons acting or claiming to act in
active concert or participation with one
or more of them, from continuing,
maintaining, or renewing in any
manner, directly or indirectly, the
conduct alleged herein or from engaging
in any other conduct, combination,
conspiracy, agreement, understanding,
plan, program, or other arrangement
having the same effect as the alleged
violations or that otherwise violates
Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.
1, through price fixing of medical
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services, collective negotiation on behalf
of competing independent physicians or
physician groups, or group boycotts of
the purchasers of health care services;
(c) Enjoin the Federation and any
Federation representative from
representing or providing consulting
services of any kind to any medical
practice group, or any self-employed
physician; and
(d) Award to plaintiff its costs of this
action and such other and further relief
as may be appropriate and as the Court
may deem just and proper.
Attorney, United States Department of
Justice.
Dated: June 24, 2005.
For Plaintiff, United States of America:
R. Hewitt Pate,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division.
J. Bruce McDonald,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division.
J. Robert Kramer II,
Director of Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
Mark J. Botti,
Chief, Litigation I, Antitrust Division.
Joseph Miller
Assistant Chief, Litigation I, Antitrust
Division.
Gregory G. Lockhart,
United States Attorney.
Gerald F. Kaminski,
(Bar No. 0012532)
Assistant United States Attorney. Office of
the United States Attorney, 221 E. 4th Street,
Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, (513) 684–
3711.
Steven Kramer,
John Lohrer,
Paul Torzilli,
Attorneys, Antitrust Division, United States
Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, NW.,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530, (202)
307–0997, steven.kramer@usdoj.gov.
ACTION:
Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that on June 24, 2005,
copies of the foregoing Complaint were
served by facsimile and first-class
regular U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to:
Michael E. DeFrank, Esq., Hemmer
Pangburn DeFrank PLLC, Suite 200,
250 Grandview Drive, Fort Mitchell,
KY 41017, Fax: 859–344–1188,
Attorney for Defendant Dr. James
Wendel.
G. Jack Donson, Jr., Esq., Taft, Stettinius
& Hollander, 425 Walnut Street, Suite
1800, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Fax:
513–381–0205, Attorney for
Defendant Dr. Michael Karram.
Jeffrey M. Johnston, Esq., 37 North
Orange Avenue, Suite 500, Orlando,
FL 32801, Fax: 407–926–2452,
Attorney for Defendant Dr. Warren
Metherd.
Paul J. Torzille,
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The National Endowment for
the Humanities.
AGENCY:
Additional notice of meetings.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is
hereby given that the following
meetings of the Humanities Panel will
be held at the Old Post Office, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael McDonald, Acting Advisory
Committee Management Officer,
National Endowment for the
Humanities, Washington, DC 20506;
telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that
information on this matter may be
obtained by contacting the
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of panel review, discussion, evaluation
and recommendation on applications
for financial assistance under the
National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
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grant applicants. Because the proposed
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to authority granted me by the
Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to
Close Advisory Committee meetings,
dated July 19, 1993, I have determined
that these meetings will be closed to the
public pursuant to subsections (c)(4),
and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United
States Code.
1. Date: August 26, 2005.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Room: 315.
Program: This meeting will review
applications for EDSITEment in Peer
Review, submitted to the Division of
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Education Programs at the July 30, 2005
deadline.
Michael McDonald,
Acting Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB Review;
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AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is
inviting the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on this
proposed continuing information
collection. This is the second notice for
public comment; the first was published
in the Federal Register at 70 FR 20937
and one comment was received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed submission to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance simultaneously
with the publication of this second
notice.
DATES: Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
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ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NSF,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
NSF’s estimate of burden including the
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the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; or (d) ways
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appropriate automated, electronic,
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information technology should be
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Comment: On April 22, 2005, we
published in the Federal Register (70
FR 20937) a 60-day notice of our intent
to request renewal of this information
collection authority from OMB. In that
notice, we solicited public comments
for 60 days ending June 21, 2005. One
comment was received from the public
notice. The comment came from B.
Sachau of Floram Park, NJ., via e-mail
on April 30, 2005. Ms. Sachau had no
specific suggestions for altering the data
collection, other than to express a desire
for it to end.
Response: NSF believes that because
the comment does not pertain to the
collection of information or the required
forms for which NSF is seeking OMB
approval, NSF is proceeding with the
clearance request.
Title of Collection: Cross-Project
Evaluation of The National Science
Foundation’s Local Systemic Change
Through Teacher Enhancement Program
(LSC).
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0161.
Abstract: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) requests a three-year
extension for evaluation and data
collection (e.g., surveys and interviews)
from participants in projects funded by
the Local Systemic Change (LSC)
through Teacher Enhancement (TE)
program. This recurring study or ‘‘CrossProject Evaluation’’ was most recently
approved through July 2005 (OMB 345–
0161). The LSC program is a large-scale
effort to modify the nature of teacher inservice training (also called professional
development) provided to science and
mathematics teachers in a large number
of school districts across the United
States. NSF provided each individual
project with a grant(s) of up to $6
million.
Data collection from the NSF-funded
LSC projects has been going on for a
long number of years. The surveys and
interview protocols are part of a
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longitudinal data collection used for
program-wide monitoring and
evaluation of the remaining LSC
projects. The universe of LSC projects
the last time this collection was
renewed was 72. The current universe
for this study of LSC projects is 15. NSF
does not anticipating making new
project awards under the LSC program.
As in the past each of the projects will
administer teacher and principal
questionnaires (surveys) at appropriate
times during the school year based on
each the evaluation’s design.
Horizon Research, Inc. maintains
survey responses in a database designed
to provide information and reports on
LSC projects for individual project
accountability and for overall
assessment to help NSF judge program
effectiveness. Horizon’s data analysis
and reports are useful both to the
projects themselves for self-assessments
and to the NSF in order to help to
measure the LSC program’s
performance. In particular, NSF uses
these data to respond to requests from
Committees of Visitors, Congress and
the Office of Management and Budget,
particularly as related to the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) and the Program
Effectiveness Rating Tool (PART).
Horizon’s reports to NSF deal with
the characteristics and performance of
the LSC program and include tables and
charts generated from the database. The
LSC study’s broad questions addressed
by data analysis include (but are not
limited to):
What is the impact of the LSC projects
on science and mathematics curriculum,
instruction, and assessment? How do
participant reports of instructional
practice change over the course of the
LSC projects? How do participant
reports of assessment practice change
over the course of the projects? How do
teacher and principal beliefs about
effective science and mathematics
instruction change over the course of
the NSF-funding for the projects? What
is the overall quality of the professional
development activities? How do
participants rate various aspects of
professional development experiences
provided by the projects? What is the
extent of teacher involvement in these
projects?
Respondents: Individuals or
households, and not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 5650.
Burden on the Public: 1870 hours.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Meetings of Humanities Panel
AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities.
ACTION: Additional notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the
following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post
Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael McDonald, Acting Advisory
Committee Management Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities,
Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202) 606-8322. Hearing-impaired
individuals are advised that information on this matter may be obtained
by contacting the Endowment's TDD terminal on (202) 606-8282.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed meetings are for the purpose of
panel review, discussion, evaluation and recommendation on applications
for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including discussion of
information given in confidence to the agency by the grant applicants.
Because the proposed meetings will consider information that is likely
to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial information
obtained from a person and privileged or confidential and/or
information of a personal nature the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, pursuant
to authority granted me by the Chairman's Delegation of Authority to
Close Advisory Committee meetings, dated July 19, 1993, I have
determined that these meetings will be closed to the public pursuant to
subsections (c)(4), and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States
Code.
1. Date: August 26, 2005.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Room: 315.
Program: This meeting will review applications for EDSITEment in
Peer Review, submitted to the Division of
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Education Programs at the July 30, 2005 deadline.
Michael McDonald,
Acting Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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