Antitrust rules Q&As

Physician unionization
April 17, 2008
By: William H. Maruca, JD
Can physicians who are employed by a hospital to cover the ED form a labor union?
Antitrust rules affect mergers
June 3, 2005
My three-doctor cardiology practice is considering a merger with one of the three other cardiology groups in our community. Would this violate antitrust rules?

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