title: Vertical restraints among hospitals, physicians and health insurers that raise rivals' costs. A case study of Reazin v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. and Ocean State Physicians Health Plan, Inc. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
abstract: Two recent district court opinions consider whether affiliations among hospitals, doctors and health insurers--through contract or ownership--violate the antitrust laws. This Article applies a raising rivals' costs framework to the facts of those cases in order to assess whether the practices at issue were unreasonable.
authors.affiliation: Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003363:Cost Control; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007615:Kansas; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012237:Rhode Island; D014481:United States; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission