Introduction of PPN hospitals by Mediclaim Companies not violates competition law

Dr. Supratik Sanatani Vs National Insurance Company Limited  (Competition Commission of India) It has also been alleged that OP-1 to OP-4 have induced a cartel of hospitals called PPN hospitals who compel the insured to sign a ‘PPN Network Declaration Form’ for providing cashless service. By signing this form, the insured is forced to accept that the four OPs would pay hospital expenses only as per the arbitrary ‘agreed packages’ by them with the hospitals and not according to the concerned policy terms and conditions, and thus, the insured has to pay the unpaid amount of hospital bil...