Biomaterial Database

Antitrust & health care reform. 1994

R E Bloch, and D M Falk

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC.

In a reformed health care delivery system, home care providers will find themselves working in and with purchasing cooperatives, joint ventures, and networks. In this environment, antitrust issues surround contracts and network formation and may place roadblocks in the way of providers' attempts at competitive positioning. What are those roadblocks?

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009935	Organizational Affiliation	Formal relationships established between otherwise independent organizations. These include affiliation agreements, interlocking boards, common controls, hospital medical school affiliations, etc.	Affiliation, Organizational,Affiliations, Organizational,Organizational Affiliations
D003284	Contract Services	Outside services provided to an institution under a formal financial agreement.	Services, Contract,Contract Service,Service, Contract
D006699	Home Care Services	Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.	Domiciliary Care,Home Health Care,Care Services, Home,Home Care,Services, Home Care,Care, Domiciliary,Care, Home,Home Care Service,Service, Home Care
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016363	Antitrust Laws	Those federal and state laws, and their enforcement, that protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices.	Antitrust Liability,Sherman Antitrust Act,Act, Sherman Antitrust,Antitrust Act, Sherman,Antitrust Law,Antitrust Liabilities,Law, Antitrust,Laws, Antitrust,Liabilities, Antitrust,Liability, Antitrust
D017754	Group Purchasing	A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)	Hospital Group Purchasing,Joint Purchasing,Shared Purchasing,Group Purchasing, Hospital,Hospital Joint Purchasing,Hospital Shared Purchasing,Joint Purchasing, Hospital,Purchasing, Hospital, Group,Purchasing, Hospital, Joint,Purchasing, Hospital, Shared,Shared Purchasing, Hospital,Purchasing, Group,Purchasing, Joint,Purchasing, Shared
D018166	Health Care Reform	Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.	Healthcare Reform,Health Care Reforms,Healthcare Reforms,Reform, Health Care,Reform, Healthcare,Reforms, Health Care,Reforms, Healthcare