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AHA letter to editor: Report on hospital mergers omits their benefits
In a letter to the editor published by Modern Healthcare, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to a recent report on hospital consolidation from Elevance Health — the large, for-profit commercial insurer formerly known as Anthem that dominates many insurer markets and earned nearly $2 billion in net profit in the second quarter of this year alone.
AHA Clarifies the Benefits of Realignment as House Panel Convenes Hearing
The shift to a health care system that rewards value over volume is fundamentally transforming the patient care landscape.
Study extends benefits of hospital mergers to hospitals in close proximity
Hospital mergers result in even greater efficiencies and savings when the acquired hospitals are in close proximity.
New York Times Story on Consolidation Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
“When Hospitals Merge, Patients Often Pay More” doesn’t paint a full picture of the root cause of higher health care costs to consumers.
Pollack, Panel Explore Future of Health Care at Miami Forum
“The ‘H’ in the future is going to look different,” Pollack said at the panel, which was part of the University of Miami School of Business Administration’s conference on “The Business of Health Care: What’s Next?."
House Passes SMARTER Act
The House last night voted 230 to 185 to approve the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (H.R. 5645), AHA-supported legislation that would standardize the merger review process for the two federal antitrust agencies.
Understanding Hospital and Health System Consolidation
The hearing today by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the impact of health care consolidation presented a one-sided perspective on the benefits of hospital mergers.
Hospital Concentration Study Rehashes Flawed Argument
The same cohort of authors responsible for the Health Care Pricing Project’s flawed 2015 paper recently released an updated version.