MYTH: Health care providers in a given geographic market may share pricing information without fear of antitrust liability.
FACT: Providers must be very careful about sharing pricing information to avoid antitrust scrutiny.
The current health care environment encourages health information exchange, which in some cases includes the exchange of pricing information. Pricing information may be exchanged for quality purposes as well as to design and implement new payment models. Federal antitrust law prohibits restraints on trade, which may result from the sharing of pricing information, For more information on how antitrust law evaluates the sharing of pricing information, please read our Myth Buster below.
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