Collaboration Among Competing Managed Care Organizations for Quality Improvement -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- SUMMARY -- Why Do Organizations Collaborate? -- Antitrust Issues -- Standard Setting -- Information Collection and Exchange -- Selecting High-Quality Providers -- Lobbying and Working with Government -- Conclusion -- SESSION 1: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN COLLABORATION -- INTRODUCTION TO COLLABORATION -- Potential Areas for Collaboration -- Issues for the Conference -- LEGAL ISSUES IN COLLABORATION -- Some Rudiments of Antitrust Law -- Specific Pitfalls to Be Avoided -- Group Boycotts. -- Other Naked Restraints. -- Standard Setting -- Information Collection and Exchange -- Selecting High-Quality Providers -- Lobbying and Working with Government -- Conclusion -- COLLABORATION FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AMONG MANAGED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS: WHAT CAN BE LEARNED F ... -- Why Do Organizations Collaborate? -- Why Do Organizations Refuse to Collaborate? -- How Are These Examples Relevant to Health Care? -- SESSION 2: PANEL PRESENTATIONS -- LESSONS FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY -- ANTITRUST REGULATION -- THE LIMITS OF COMPETITION -- THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S PERSPECTIVE -- SESSION 3: EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION -- HEALTH CARE EDUCATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION -- THE EMPLOYERS' MANAGED HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION -- PACIFIC BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH -- THE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES -- THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION -- Barriers to Collaboration -- BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS -- CONFERENCE AGENDA.