@article {1192556,
	title = {Government policies on a collision course. Health cost containment and the antitrust laws},
	journal = {Med Group Manage J},
	volume = {40},
	number = {5},
	year = {1993},
	month = {1993 Sep-Oct},
	pages = {46-8, 50, 52},
	abstract = {The Sherman Act, passed in 1890, was initially enacted to break up the huge "trusts" of that era, writes Donald Mooney, but it has been used more frequently as a weapon in the government{\textquoteright}s war to slow mounting health care costs. In this era of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, groups need to be readily aware of the laws regarding antitrust.},
	keywords = {Antitrust Laws, Cost Control, Economic Competition, Group Practice, Health Care Costs, Health Facility Merger, Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures, Managed Care Programs, United States},
	issn = {0899-8949},
	author = {Mooney, D J}
}
