Making claims. A hospital that's still in the insurance business has drawn the ire of a private rival, with the legality of hidden payments at issue.
Antitrust experts are turning their attention to a pending lawsuit in Ohio, where competition between a third-party administrator and a hospital-owned rival has spilled into state court. The antitrust case may show how far a hospital can penetrate the local health insurance market without breaking the law. "Competition is the lifeblood of trade," says John Cusack, left, an antitrust lawyer who is defending the hospital in the case.
Taylor
Mark
M
D016363:Antitrust Laws; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009820:Ohio