Antitrust for Physicians

Description

Antitrust law affects no other profession as much as it affects physicians in the U.S. Topics covered in this book include: peer review immunity; adverse actions by hospitals against staff-privileges; conspiracies, monopolies and exclusion of physicians; exclusion of non-physician practitioners; breach of contract in staff-privilege cases; interference in business relations; defamation; collective bargaining, physician unions, independent physician associations (IPAs) and physician-hospital organizations (PHOs); physician contracts with managed care; and practice mergers.