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Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Hospital Cost Information Exchange Program in California
April 26, 2010The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the Hospital Value Initiative (HVI) to establish an information exchange program that will provide data on the relative costs and resource efficiency of more than 300 hospitals in California. The department said the proposed information exchange may reduce health care costs by improving competition among hundreds of hospitals in California and facilitating more informed purchasing decisions by group purchasers of health care services. The department's position was stated in a business review letter, to counsel for the HVI, from Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. Full release.