Competitiveness and Market Structure

1- What is Competitiveness and Market Structure?

a- How the competitiveness and the structure of the market affects the configuration of prices?

b- Is the Certificates of Necessity and Convenience (CON / CNC) positive or negative in terms of competitiveness and price configuration, how it benefits and how it affects?

2- Define and explain:

-price fixing

-contractual negotiation with the payer

-coding and billing management

a- How do the aforementioned factors (pricing, contractual negotiation with the payer, and coding and billing management) control the revenue function in the provision of health services?

b- What is the advantage and the disadvantage?