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FILED
SEP 24 2008
NANCY MAYER WHITTINGTON,
CLERK
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
INCORPORATED and
SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,
Defendants.
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Civil No.1:08-cv-00322
Judge
Filed:9/24/2008
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FINAL JUDGMENT
WHEREAS, plaintiff, United States of America, filed its Complaint on
February 25, 2008, and the United States and Defendant UnitedHealth Group
Incorporated and Defendant Sierra Health Services, Inc., by their respective
attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or
adjudication of any issue of fact or law and without this Final Judgment
constituting any evidence against or admission by any party regarding any issue
of fact or law;
AND WHEREAS, Defendants agree to be bound by the provisions of this
Final Judgment pending its approval by the Court;
AND WHEREAS, the essence of this Final Judgment is the prompt and
certain divestiture of certain rights and assets by Defendants to ensure that
competition is not substantially lessened in the sale of Medicare Advantage Plans
to senior citizens and others in the Las Vegas, Nevada area;
AND WHEREAS, the United States requires Defendants to make certain
divestitures for the purpose of remedying the loss of competition alleged in the
Complaint;
AND WHEREAS, Defendants have represented to the United States that
the divestiture required by this Final Judgment can and will be made, and that
Defendants will not later raise any claim of hardship or difficulty as grounds for
asking the Court to modify any of the provisions of this Final Judgment;
NOW THEREFORE, before any testimony is taken, without trial or adjudication
of any issue of fact or law, and upon consent of the parties, it is
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:
I. JURISDICTION
This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of, and each of
the parties to, this action. The Complaint states a claim upon which
relief may be granted against Defendants under Section 7 of the Clayton
Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §18.
II. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Final Judgment:
- "Acquirer" means the entity to whom the Divestiture Assets are divested.
- "Clark County" means Clark County, Nevada.
- "Clark County CMS Plans" means the individual Medicare Advantage plans
offered under CMS Plan Nos. H2949-002, H2949-009, and H2949-012,
but does not include any Series 800 Medicare Advantage plans offered
to retirees through commercial customers or contracts.
- "Clark and Nye County CMS Plans" means the Clark County CMS Plans and
the Nye County CMS Plans.
- "CMS" means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- "Divestiture Assets" means all tangible and intangible assets dedicated
to the administration, operation, selling, and marketing of the
Clark and Nye County CMS Plans, including (1) all of United's rights
and obligations under United's Medicare Contract No. H2949 with
CMS relating to the Clark and Nye County CMS Plans, including the
right to offer the Medicare Advantage plan to individual enrollees
pursuant to the bids and Evidence of Coverage filed with CMS in
2007 for the 2008 contract year, and the right to receive from CMS
a per member per month capitation payment in exchange for providing
or arranging for the benefits enumerated in the bids and Evidence
of Coverage, and (2) copies of all business, financial and operational
books, records, and data, both current and historical, that relate
to the Clark County CMS Plans or the Nye County CMS Plans. Where
books, records, or data relate to the Clark County CMS Plans or
the Nye County CMS Plans, but not solely to these Plans, United
shall provide excerpts relating to these Plans. Nothing herein requires
United to take any action prohibited by the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
- "Evidence of Coverage" means the document that outlines an enrollee's
benefits and exclusions under a Medicare Advantage Plan.
- "HealthCare Partners" means JSA Healthcare Nevada, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company, and its affiliated entities, including HealthCare
Partners, LLC and Summit Medical Group.
- "Humana" means Humana Inc., a Delaware corporation with its headquarters
in Louisville, Kentucky.
- "Las Vegas Area" means Clark County and Nye County.
- "Medicare Advantage Line of Business" means the operations of United that
implement and administer the Clark and Nye County CMS Plans.
- "Medicare Advantage Plan" means Medicare Advantage health maintenance
organization plans, Medicare Advantage preferred provider organization
plans, and Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service plans, as
defined by 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-21(a)(2).
- "Nye County" means Nye County, Nevada.
- "Nye County CMS Plans" means the individual Medicare Advantage plans offered
under CMS Plan Nos. H2949-007 and H2949-011, but does not include
any Series 800 Medicare Advantage plans offered to retirees through
commercial customers or contracts.
- "PIPA" means The Physicians IPA, Inc., a Nevada non-profit
corporation based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- "Provider Network" means all health care providers, including
physicians, hospitals, ancillary service providers, and other health
care providers with which United contracts for the provision of
covered medical services for United's Medicare Advantage Plans in
the Las Vegas area.
- "Sierra" means Defendant Sierra Health Services, Inc., a Nevada
corporation with its headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, its
successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions, groups,
affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their respective
directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees.
- "Transaction" means the merger contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of March 11, 2007, by and among
United, Sapphire Acquisition, Inc. and Sierra.
- "United" means Defendant UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, a
Minnesota corporation with its headquarters in Minnetonka,
Minnesota, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries,
divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and
their respective directors, officers, managers, agents, and
employees.
III. APPLICABILITY
- This Final Judgment applies to United and Sierra, and to all other
persons in active concert or participation with any of them who
receive actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or
otherwise.
- If, prior to complying with Section IV and VI of this Final
Judgment, Defendants sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of their assets or of lesser business units that
include the Divestiture Assets, they shall require the purchaser to
be bound by the provisions of this Final Judgment. Defendants
need not obtain such an agreement from the Acquirer of the assets
divested pursuant to this Final Judgment.
IV. DIVESTITURE OF the Divestiture ASSETS
- Defendants are ordered, within forty-five (45) calendar days after
the filing of the Complaint in this matter, to divest the Divestiture
Assets in a manner consistent with this Final Judgment to an
Acquirer acceptable to the United States in its sole discretion and
on terms acceptable to the United States in its sole discretion,
including any agreement for transitional support services entered
into pursuant to Section IV(J) of this Final Judgment. The United
States, in its sole discretion, may grant one or more extensions of
this time period, not to exceed sixty (60) calendar days in total, and
shall notify the Court in each such circumstance. Defendants shall
accomplish the divestiture of the Divestiture Assets as
expeditiously as possible and in such a manner as will allow the
Acquirer to be a viable, ongoing business engaged in the sale of
Medicare Advantage Plans in the Las Vegas Area.
- If applications for approval have been filed with CMS and the
appropriate other governmental units within twenty (20) calendar
days after the filing of the Complaint in this matter, but these
required approvals have not been issued before the end of the
period permitted for Divestiture in Section IV(A), the United States
may extend the period for Divestiture until five (5) business days
after all necessary government approvals have been received.
- The Divestiture shall be accomplished in such a way as to satisfy
the United States, in its sole discretion, that the Divestiture Assets
can and will be used by the Acquirer as part of a viable, ongoing
business engaged in the sale of Medicare Advantage Plans in the
Las Vegas Area. Defendants must demonstrate to the sole
satisfaction of the United States that the Divestiture will remedy the
competitive harm alleged in the Complaint. The Divestiture shall
be:
- made to an Acquirer that, in the United States's sole judgment, has
the intent and capability (including the necessary managerial, operational,
technical, and financial capability) to compete effectively in the
sale of Medicare Advantage Plans in the Las Vegas Area; and
- accomplished so as to satisfy the United States, in its sole
discretion, that none of the terms of any agreement between
Defendants and the Acquirer gives Defendants the ability
unreasonably to raise the Acquirer's costs, to lower the
Acquirer's efficiency, or otherwise to interfere with the
Acquirer's ability to compete effectively.
- Defendants shall not take any action that will impede in any way
the permitting, operation, or divestiture of the Divestiture Assets.
- Defendants shall provide to the Acquirer, the United States, and
any Monitoring Trustee, information relating to the personnel
primarily involved in the operation of the Divestiture Assets to
enable the Acquirer to make offers of employment to those persons.
Defendants shall not interfere with any negotiations by the
Acquirer to employ any of those persons. For a period of two (2)
years from the filing of the Complaint in this matter, Defendants
shall not hire or solicit to hire any such person who was hired by
the Acquirer, unless the Acquirer has notified such person that the
Acquirer does not intend to continue to employ the person.
- Defendants shall assist the negotiation of and entry into
agreement(s) between the Acquirer and HealthCare Partners that
will allow members of the Clark and Nye County CMS Plans to
have continued access to substantially all of United's Provider
Network as of January 2008 on terms no less favorable than
United's agreements as of January 2008.
- Upon completing the Divestiture and through March 31, 2010,
Defendants shall have no agreements with HealthCare Partners or
PIPA that provide for access by United to HealthCare Partners or
PIPA in connection with enrollees in any type of individual
Medicare Advantage plan of Defendants in the Las Vegas Area.
- Upon completing the Divestiture and through March 31, 2009,
Defendants shall not use the AARP brand, or any other
substantially similar brand, name, or logo, for any type of
individual Medicare Advantage plan of Defendants in the Las
Vegas Area. Upon completing the Divestiture and through March
31, 2010, Defendants shall not use the SecureHorizons brand, or
any other substantially similar brand, name, or logo, for any type of
individual Medicare Advantage plan of Defendants in the Las
Vegas Area.
- At the Acquirer's option, and subject to approval by the United
States, Defendants will allow the Acquirer to license and use the
SecureHorizons brand, and any other substantially similar brand,
name, or logo, with the Divestiture Assets for twelve months upon
completing the Divestiture.
- At the Acquirer's option, and subject to approval by the United
States, Defendants will provide transitional support services for
medical claims processing, appeals and grievances, call-center
support, enrollment and eligibility services, access to form
templates, pharmacy services, disease management, Medicare
risk-adjustment services, quality-assurance services, and such other
transition services that are reasonably necessary for the Acquirer to
operate the Divestiture Assets. Defendants shall not provide such
transitional support services for more than twelve months from the
date of the completion of the Divestiture unless the United States
shall otherwise approve.
- To ensure an effective transition and transfer of enrollees in the
Clark and Nye County CMS Plans to the Acquirer, Defendants
shall cooperate and work with the Acquirer in transition planning
and implementing the transfer of the Divestiture Assets.
- Defendants will communicate and cooperate fully with the
Acquirer to promptly identify and obtain all consents of
government agencies necessary to divest the Divestiture Assets.
- Defendants will communicate and cooperate fully with the
Acquirer to work in good faith with CMS to select a novation
process that is efficient and minimizes any potential disruption and
confusion to enrollees in the Clark and Nye County CMS Plans.
- United shall warrant to the Acquirer that, since January 1, 2007,
United has operated the Divestiture Assets in all material respects
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices
except for the global capitation agreement that United entered into
with HealthCare Partners effective January 1, 2008. United shall
also warrant that there has not been (a) any material loss or change
with respect to the Divestiture Assets; (b) any event, circumstance,
development, or change that has had a material adverse effect on
the Divestiture Assets; or (c) any change by United of its accounting
or actuarial methods, principles, or practices that is relevant to the
Divestiture Assets.
- Defendants shall comply with all laws applicable to the Divestiture
Assets.
- Defendants shall not take any action having the effect of delaying
the authorization or scheduling of health care services provided to
enrollees in the Clark and Nye County CMS Plans in a manner
inconsistent with Defendants' past practice with respect to the
Clark and Nye County CMS Plans.
- Defendants shall not make any material change to the customary
terms and conditions upon which it does business with respect to
the Medicare Advantage Line of Business that would be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a materially adverse effect
on the Medicare Advantage Line of Business.
- United shall identify its top ten independent insurance agents,
general agents, producers, and brokers (collectively, "Brokers") that
have entered into a Broker contract with respect to the Medicare
Advantage Line of Business along with the corresponding number
of enrollees produced by each such Broker. United will introduce
the Acquirer to any such Broker for the purpose of the Acquirer
having an opportunity, at the Acquirer's option, to negotiate an
agreement with the Broker to market and sell the Clark and Nye
County CMS Plans after the completion of the Divestiture.
- Defendants shall first attempt to sell the Divestiture Assets to
Humana.
- If Defendants fail to divest the Divestiture Assets by May 15, 2008,
at the discretion of the United States, United shall be required to
submit all necessary filings to CMS to ensure that the Divestiture
Assets remain a viable, ongoing business, offering the same
Medicare Advantage Plans that United offered in 2008 with
comparable benefits and premiums.
V. Appointment of Monitoring Trustee
- Upon the filing of this Final Judgment, the United States may, in its
sole discretion, appoint a Monitoring Trustee, subject to approval by the Court.
- The Monitoring Trustee shall have the power and authority to
monitor Defendants' compliance with the terms of this Final Judgment and the
Hold Separate and Asset Preservation Stipulation and Order entered by this
Court and shall have such powers as this Court deems appropriate. Subject to
Section V(D) of this Final Judgment, the Monitoring Trustee may hire at the cost
and expense of United any consultants, accountants, attorneys, or other persons,
who shall be solely accountable to the Monitoring Trustee, reasonably necessary
in the Monitoring Trustee's judgment.
- Defendants shall not object to actions taken by the Monitoring
Trustee in fulfillment of the Monitoring Trustee's responsibilities under any
Order of this Court on any ground other than the Monitoring Trustee's
malfeasance. Any such objections by Defendants must be conveyed in writing to
the United States and the Monitoring Trustee within ten (10) calendar days after
the action taken by the Monitoring Trustee giving rise to the Defendants'
objection.
- The Monitoring Trustee shall serve at the cost and expense of
United, on such terms and conditions as the United States approves. The
compensation of the Monitoring Trustee and any consultants, accountants,
attorneys, and other persons retained by the Monitoring Trustee shall be on
reasonable and customary terms commensurate with the individuals' experience
and responsibilities.
- The Monitoring Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation
for the operation of Defendants' businesses.
- Defendants shall assist the Monitoring Trustee in monitoring
Defendants' compliance with their individual obligations under this Final
Judgment and under the Hold Separate and Asset Preservation Stipulation and
Order. The Monitoring Trustee and any consultants, accountants, attorneys, and
other persons retained by the Monitoring Trustee shall have full and complete
access to the personnel, books, records, and facilities relating to the Divestiture
Assets, subject to reasonable protection for trade secret or other confidential
research, development, or commercial information or any applicable privileges.
Defendants shall take no action to interfere with or to impede the Monitoring
Trustee's accomplishment of its responsibilities.
- After its appointment, the Monitoring Trustee shall file monthly
reports with the United States and the Court setting forth the Defendants' efforts
to comply with their individual obligations under this Final Judgment and under
the Hold Separate and Asset Preservation Stipulation and Order. To the extent
such reports contain information that the trustee deems confidential, such
reports shall not be filed in the public docket of the Court.
- The Monitoring Trustee shall serve until the divestiture of all the
Divestiture Assets is finalized pursuant to either Section IV or Section VI of this
Final Judgment and any agreement(s) for transitional support services described
in Section IV(J) herein have expired.
VI. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE
- If Defendants have not divested the Divestiture Assets within the
time period specified in Section IV(A), Defendants shall notify the
United States of that fact in writing. Upon application of the
United States, the Court shall appoint a trustee selected by the
United States and approved by the Court to effect the divestiture of
the Divestiture Assets.
- After the appointment of a trustee becomes effective, only the
trustee shall have the right to sell the Divestiture Assets. The
trustee shall have the power and authority to accomplish the
divestiture to an Acquirer acceptable to the United States at such
price and on such terms as are then obtainable upon reasonable
effort by the trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections IV, VI, and
VII of this Final Judgment, and shall have such other powers as this
Court deems appropriate. Subject to Section VI(D) of this Final
Judgment, the trustee may hire at the cost and expense of
Defendants any investment bankers, attorneys, or other agents,
who shall be solely accountable to the trustee, reasonably necessary
in the trustee's judgment to assist in the divestiture.
- Defendants shall not object to a sale by the trustee on any ground
other than the trustee's malfeasance. Any such objections by
Defendants must be conveyed in writing to the United States and
the trustee within ten (10) calendar days after the trustee has
provided the notice required under Section VII.
- The trustee shall serve at the cost and expense of Defendants, on
such terms and conditions as the United States approves, and shall
account for all monies derived from the sale of the assets sold by
the trustee and all costs and expenses so incurred. After approval
by the Court of the trustee's accounting, including fees for its
services and those of any professionals and agents retained by the
trustee, all remaining money shall be paid to Defendants and the
trust shall then be terminated. The compensation of the trustee and
any professionals and agents retained by the trustee shall be
reasonable in light of the value of the Divestiture Assets and based
on a fee arrangement providing the trustee with an incentive based
on the price and terms of the divestiture and the speed with which
it is accomplished, but timeliness is paramount.
- Defendants shall assist the trustee in accomplishing the required
divestiture. The trustee and any consultants, accountants,
attorneys, and other persons retained by the trustee shall have full
and complete access to the personnel, books, records, and facilities
relating to the Divestiture Assets, and Defendants shall develop
financial and other information relevant to such business as the
trustee may reasonably request, subject to reasonable protection for
trade secret or other confidential research, development, or
commercial information. Defendants shall take no action to
interfere with or to impede the trustee's accomplishment of the
divestiture.
- After its appointment, the trustee shall file monthly reports with
the United States and the Court setting forth the trustee's efforts to
accomplish the divestiture ordered under this Final Judgment. To
the extent that such reports contain information that the trustee
deems confidential, such reports shall not be filed in the public
docket of the Court. Such reports shall include the name, address,
and telephone number of each person who, during the preceding
month, made an offer to acquire, expressed an interest in acquiring,
entered into negotiations to acquire, or was contacted or made an
inquiry about acquiring, any interest in the Divestiture Assets, and
shall describe in detail each contact with any such person. The
trustee shall maintain full records of all efforts made to divest the
Divestiture Assets.
- If the trustee has not accomplished the divestiture ordered under
this Final Judgment within six months after its appointment, the
trustee shall promptly file with the Court a report setting forth (1)
the trustee's efforts to accomplish the required divestiture, (2) the
reasons, in the trustee's judgment, why the required divestiture has
not been accomplished, and (3) the trustee's recommendations. To
the extent that such reports contain information that the trustee
deems confidential, such reports shall not be filed in the public
docket of the Court. The trustee shall at the same time furnish such
report to the United States which shall have the right to make
additional recommendations consistent with the purpose of the
trust. The Court thereafter shall enter such orders as it shall deem
appropriate to carry out the purpose of the Final Judgment, which
may, if necessary, include extending the trust and the term of the
trustee's appointment by a period requested by the United States.
VII. NOTICE OF PROPOSED DIVESTITURE
- Within two (2) business days following execution of a definitive
divestiture agreement, Defendants or the trustee, whichever is then
responsible for effecting the divestiture required herein, shall notify
the United States and any Monitoring Trustee of any proposed
divestiture required by Section IV or VI of this Final Judgment. If
the trustee is responsible, it shall similarly notify Defendants. The
notice shall set forth the details of the proposed divestiture and list
the name, address, and telephone number of each person not
previously identified who offered or expressed an interest in or
desire to acquire any ownership interest in the Divestiture Assets,
together with full details of the same.
- Within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the United States of
such notice, the United States may request from Defendants, the
proposed Acquirer, any other third party, or the trustee, if
applicable, additional information concerning the proposed
divestiture, the proposed Acquirer, and any other potential
Acquirer. Defendants and the trustee shall furnish any additional
information requested within fifteen (15) calendar days of the
receipt of the request, unless the parties shall otherwise agree.
- Within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the notice or within
twenty (20) calendar days after the United States has been provided
the additional information requested from Defendants, the
proposed Acquirer, any third party, and the trustee, whichever is
later, the United States shall provide written notice to Defendants
and the trustee, if there is one, stating whether or not it objects to
the proposed divestiture. If the United States provides written
notice that it does not object, the divestiture may be consummated,
subject only to Defendants' limited right to object to the sale under
Section VI(C) of this Final Judgment. Absent written notice that the
United States does not object to the proposed Acquirer or upon
objection by the United States, a divestiture proposed under Section
IV or Section VI shall not be consummated. Upon objection by
Defendants under Section VI(C), a divestiture proposed under
Section VI shall not be consummated unless approved by the
Court.
VIII. FINANCING
Defendants shall not finance all or any part of any Purchase made
pursuant to Section IV or VI of this Final Judgment.
IX. HOLD SEPARATE AND PRESERVATION OF ASSETS
Until the divestiture required by this Final Judgment has been
accomplished, Defendants shall take all steps necessary to comply with the Hold
Separate and Asset Preservation Stipulation and Order entered by this Court.
Defendants shall take no action that will jeopardize any divestiture ordered by
this Court.
X. AFFIDAVITS AND RECORDS
- Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of the Complaint in
this matter, and every thirty (30) calendar days thereafter until the
divestiture has been completed under Section IV or VI, Defendants
shall deliver to the United States and any Monitoring Trustee an
affidavit as to the fact and manner of its compliance with Section IV
or VI of this Final Judgment. Each such affidavit shall include the
name, address, and telephone number of each person who, during
the preceding thirty (30) calendar days, made an offer to acquire,
expressed an interest in acquiring, entered into negotiations to
acquire, or was contacted or made an inquiry about acquiring, any
interest in the Divestiture Assets, and shall describe in detail each
contact with any such person during that period. Each such
affidavit shall also include a description of the efforts Defendants
have taken to solicit buyers for the Divestiture Assets, and to
provide required information to prospective Acquirers, including
the limitations, if any, on such information. Assuming that the
information set forth in the affidavit is true and complete, any
objection by the United States to information provided by
Defendants, including limitation on information, shall be made
within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of such affidavit.
- Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of the Complaint in
this matter, Defendants shall deliver to the United States and any
Monitoring Trustee an affidavit that describes in reasonable detail
all actions that Defendants have taken and all steps that Defendants
have implemented on an ongoing basis to comply with Section IX
of this Final Judgment. Defendants shall deliver to the United
States and any Monitoring Trustee an affidavit describing any
changes to the efforts and actions outlined in Defendants' earlier
affidavits filed pursuant to this section within fifteen (15) calendar
days after the change is implemented.
- Defendants shall keep all records of all efforts made to preserve
and divest the Divestiture Assets until one year after such
divestiture has been completed.
XI. COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
- For the purposes of determining or securing compliance with this
Final Judgment, or of determining whether the Final Judgment
should be modified or vacated, and subject to any legally
recognized privilege, from time to time authorized representatives
of the United States Department of Justice, including persons
retained by the United States, shall, upon written request of an
authorized representative of the Assistant Attorney General in
charge of the Antitrust Division, and on reasonable notice to
Defendants, be permitted:
- to access during Defendants' office hours to inspect and
copy, or at the United States's option, to require that
Defendants provide hard copy and electronic copies of, all
books, ledgers, accounts, records, data, and documents in
the possession, custody, or control of Defendants, relating to
any matters contained in this Final Judgment; and
- to interview, either informally or on the record, Defendants'
officers, employees, or agents, who may have their
individual counsel present, regarding these matters. The
interviews shall be subject to the reasonable convenience of
the interviewee and without restraint or interference by
Defendants.
- Upon the written request of an authorized representative of the
Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division,
Defendants shall submit written reports, or responses to written
interrogatories, under oath if requested, relating to any of the
matters contained in this Final Judgment.
- No information or documents obtained by the means provided in
this section shall be divulged by the United States to any person
other than an authorized representative of the executive branch of
the United States, which includes CMS, except in the course of legal
proceedings to which the United States is a party (including grand
jury proceedings), or for the purpose of securing compliance with
this Final Judgment, or as otherwise required by law.
- If at the time information or documents are furnished by
Defendants to the United States, Defendants represent and identify
in writing the material in any such information or documents to
which a claim of protection may be asserted under Rule 26(c)(7) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Defendants mark each
pertinent page of such material, "Subject to claim of protection
under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," then
the United States shall give Defendants ten (10) calendar days
notice prior to divulging such material in any legal proceeding
(other than grand jury proceedings).
XII. NO REACQUISITION
Defendants may not reacquire any part of the Divestiture Assets during
the term of this Final Judgment provided, however, that this Final Judgment
shall not prohibit Defendants from offering individual Medicare Advantage
Plans in the ordinary course of business otherwise in conformity with this Final
Judgment.
XIII. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
This Court retains jurisdiction to enable any party to this Final Judgment
to apply to this Court at any time for further orders and directions as may be
necessary or appropriate to carry out or construe this Final Judgment, to modify
any of its provisions, to enforce compliance, and to punish violations of its
provisions.
XIV. EXPIRATION OF FINAL JUDGMENT
Unless this Court grants an extension, this Final Judgment shall expire ten
(10) years from the date of its entry.
XV. PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION
Entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest. The parties have complied
with the requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
15 U.S.C. § 16, including making copies available to the public
of this Final Judgment, the Competitive Impact Statement, and any comments
thereon and the United States's responses to comments. Based upon the
record before the Court, which includes the Competitive Impact Statement
and any comments and response to comments filed with the Court, entry
of this Final Judgment is in the public interest.
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Court approval subject to procedures of Antitrust
Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16
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9/24/2008
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