Ready to rumble.
Managed care companies have regained the upper hand in contract negotiations with hospitals--at least temporarily--thanks to a consolidation trend that is creating mega-firms with national reaches and to a surprise ruling by the Federal Trade Commission. But hospitals are exploring strategies of their own that they hope will win back leverage.
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