Business coalitions: new tactic in cost control.
Although it is too early in their development to evaluate their effectiveness, business coalitions are attempting to play a part in holding down health care costs. Providers, third-party payers, business, and labor have pledged to support the potential contributions of voluntary coalitions and to participate with one another in them.
D000573:American Hospital Association; D000574:American Medical Association; D003363:Cost Control; D006288:Health Planning Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007221:Industry; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007750:Labor Unions; D014481:United States