Antitrust and Health Care: Insights Into Analysis and EnforcementAmerican Bar Association, 1999 - 286 pages |
Contents
Developments in Antitrust Analysis of Physician and MultiProvider Networks | 3 |
Antitrust and Physician Unions | 57 |
Efficiencies from Physician Networks Joint Ventures and Mergers | 69 |
Geographic Market | 83 |
Product Market | 99 |
Efficiencies Analysis in Hospital Mergers | 119 |
Rethinking the Significance of Merging Hospitals NonProfit Status under the Sherman and Clayton Acts | 151 |
When Does the Per Se Rule Apply? | 181 |
Antitrust Division Health Care Task Force Recent Enforcement Actions | 201 |
Defense Techniques in Government Antitrust Investigations | 213 |
Dealing Effectively with Antitrust Enforcement Agencies | 249 |
What Will the Health Care Industry Look Like in 10 Years? The Physician Perspective on Antitrust Implications and Challenges | 263 |
The Increasing Importance of Monopoly Concerns in Health Care Antitrust Litigation and Enforcement | 271 |
Common terms and phrases
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