Becker's Healthcare August 8, 2024
From potential Stark law amendments to a noncompete ban, here are four recent federal moves that are affecting physicians:
1. Two district court judge rulings have challenged the Federal Trade Commissions’ plan to ban noncompetes for most workers. A Pennsylvania federal court judge denied the motion for a preliminary injunction pushing the effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban. The judge ruled that the noncompete ban fell within the FTC’s rulemaking authority, after a Texas federal court held that the ban exceeded its statutory authority, setting up a split amongst federal courts. Unless a court issues an order enjoining the enforcement of the rule nationwide, it is still scheduled to go into effect on September 4
2. A...