Homecare Oxygen & Medical Equipment Company, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

摘要

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a California supplier of oxygen systems prescribed for home use from acquiring or granting, for ten years, an ownership interest in a firm that sells or leases oxygen systems in the relevant geographic market, if more than 25 percent of the pulmonologists in that market would be affiliated with the firm, and requires the respondents to notify the Commission if they acquire more than one percent of a firm that sells or leases oxygen systems anywhere.