title: All's fair in healthcare? Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital alleges HCA Midwest Division conspired with local payers to drive it out of business.
abstract: A Kansas specialty hospital is accusing HCA of pressuring managed-care companies to exclude rivals from networks and is suing the chain. "This is another mechanism by which (specialty hospitals) can get relief from the conduct of larger hospitals that are doing everything they can to put them out of business," says Norman Siegel, left, attorney for Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000191:economics; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000191:economics*; D007615:Kansas; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*