"The Affordable Care Act enshrines a hope - that doctors, hospitals and other providers will team up to improve patient care and reduce costs. But there's also a fear - that doctors, hospitals and other providers will team up to stifle competition and raise prices instead."
In this article, "Health Reform Has an Antitrust Angle," published in Corporate Counsel on July 27, 2011, Mintz Levin attorney Christi Braun is quoted on the financial burden that her clients, ACO participants, are facing as a result of identifying primacy service areas.