title: Regulation redux. As Maine flirts with rate-setting for hospitals, other states study some regulatory solutions for controlling healthcare costs.
abstract: Hospitals in Maine breathed a sigh of relief after a proposal to regulate hospital prices was removed from a state healthcare reform bill. But the move shows that health insurers there and across the country are targeting hospitals as lawmakers struggle to shoot down rising healthcare costs. Maine Gov. John Baldacci, left, has pushed a plan to regulate hospital revenue and expenses to rein in cost growth.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tieman
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D002567:Certificate of Need / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033161:Government Regulation; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008281:Maine; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States