CRA experts were retained by plaintiffs in a class action alleging that physicians had engaged in price fixing. A proposed class of managed care organizations alleged that the physicians utilized their membership in an independent practice association (IPA) to jointly negotiate fees with the MCOs. CRA’s expert demonstrated that the proposed class satisfied the requirements for class certification, and the case settled prior to a ruling on certification.
Data sharing in hybrid marketplaces with endogenous fee setting
The issue is especially timely given provisions in the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) designed to expand access to data held by large digital platforms. The...