AHIP in the WSJ: Consolidation Leads to Higher Prices
In response to a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal suggesting that mergers between health care providers will benefit patients, AHIP General Counsel Joe Miller has submitted a short commentary to...
View ArticleMedicare Conference Highlights, Day 2
At day two of AHIP’s Medicare Conference, the opening session focused on the midterm elections in the context of health reform. Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute shared that both Republicans and...
View ArticleJAMA: Hospital ownership and higher prices
A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association highlights something we’ve been concerned about for years – that provider consolidation increases prices for services and...
View ArticleA chorus of criticism over provider consolidation
Partners HealthCare in Massachusetts already has grown to include 10 hospitals, and according to an article in The Boston Globe, plans to add three more hospitals seem to be more about growing its...
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4 scary facts about health care
Halloween is a time for ghosts and ghouls, and everything scary. And in the spirit of spirit of Halloween, we’ve got something more terrifying than any ghost story – four truly scary facts about health...
View ArticleThe outcome of provider consolidation: “Prices go up. Premiums go up.”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal recently cited a growing body of research showing that Bert Fish Medical Center’s pitch to merge with another local hospital system in Florida is bad news for consumers....
View ArticleMountain of evidence: Provider consolidation won’t lower costs
Health care stakeholders all are looking for ways to keep costs affordable and enhance the quality of care delivered to patients. Provider consolidation will not get us there. Health economist Austin...
View ArticleProvider consolidation: A lot of evidence and a lot at stake
Provider consolidation sets off a chain reaction that leads to higher prices for consumers, The Journal News reports. The article also includes a long list of studies that highlight the widening gap...
View ArticleHeed the Price Warnings on Provider Consolidation
The growing trend of provider consolidation is expected to continue, which means so too will major medical price increases. Hospitals will continue to merge faster and in greater numbers, while...
View ArticleFTC Chairwoman: Why Provider Consolidation is So Worrisome
“The increasing consolidation that’s occurred among health care providers over the past two decades represents a worrisome trend,” Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez wrote in the New...
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