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HMO mergers and medicare: the antitrust issues

โœ Scribed by Roger Feldman; Ruth S. Given

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
44 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1057-9230

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โœฆ Synopsis

This paper presents a theoretical framework to predict the effects that may arise from mergers in the rapidly-growing Medicare HMO market. We argue that mergers of large Medicare HMOs should be targeted for antitrust investigation because there are significant barriers into this market. The recent merger of PacifiCare and FHP is used to illustrate the potential antitrust issues raised by Medicare HMO mergers.

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