CAT dismisses FIPO healthcare appeal
皇冠体育app Competition Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by FIPO in relation to findings from the CMA鈥檚 private healthcare investigation.
皇冠体育app Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO) had challenged the Competition and Markets Authority鈥檚 (CMA) finding in its final report published in April 2014 that there was not an adverse effect on competition arising from the exercise of buyer power by private medical insurers and the CMA鈥檚 remedy requiring more publicly available information on consultant fees.
Today the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) on all 7 grounds.
皇冠体育app CAT held its hearing on the FIPO appeal in January 2015, when a separate challenge by AXA PPP on local anaesthetist groups was also heard. 皇冠体育app AXA PPP appeal was dismissed last month.
In December 2014, the CMA appointed the to provide independent information for private patients on healthcare performance and fees as required by the CMA鈥檚 final report. Today鈥檚 judgment means that the website will be able to carry information on consultants鈥� fees along with information on their performance and the performance of private hospitals.
In December 2014, the CAT agreed to the CMA鈥檚 request to quash part of its final report relating to the healthcare market in central London 鈥� and remit it back to the CMA to reconsider and reach a new decision. Details on the remittal can be found on the case page.