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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 29, 2010

DOJ Move Could Shrink Medical Costs

The Department of Justice has decided not to challenge a proposal by business interests to compile, share, and make public the price of medical services at hundreds of California hospitals.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to challenge a proposal by business interests to compile, share and make public the price of medical services at hundreds of California hospitals, giving legs to an innovative effort to drive down escalating health care costs.

Sharing that cost data does not run afoul of antitrust laws or inhibit competition, top lawyers from the Departmen...

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