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HMO mergers and medicare: the antitrust issues

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  • Roger Feldman
  • Ruth S. Given

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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. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Roger Feldman & Ruth S. Given, 1998. "HMO mergers and medicare: the antitrust issues," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(2), pages 171-174, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:7:y:1998:i:2:p:171-174
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199803)7:2<171::AID-HEC337>3.0.CO;2-D
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    1. Given, Ruth S., 1996. "Economies of scale and scope as an explanation of merger and output diversification activities in the health maintenance organization industry," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 685-713, December.
    2. Wholey, Douglas & Feldman, Roger & Christianson, Jon B. & Engberg, John, 1996. "Scale and scope economies among health maintenance organizations," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 657-684, December.
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    1. Albert A. Okunade, 2003. "Are Factor Substitutions in HMO Industry Operations Cost Saving?," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 69(4), pages 800-821, April.

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