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Perspective: New research confirms that hospital mergers reduce costs and enhance quality of care
Health care is experiencing unprecedented change: the field is shifting to value-based care; new players are entering the health care field; and patients want services to be provided in a more conv
AHA advertorial: Hospital mergers are strengthening care for patients
As American health care continues to transform, hospitals and health systems are leading the way forward, fueling innovation and delivering greater value to patients, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack wrote today in an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal.
Judge gives final approval for CVS Health’s acquisition of Aetna
A federal judge yesterday approved CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, who asked to review the case.
Study: Hospital mergers reduce costs, enhance quality for patients
Hospital mergers enhance quality for patients and reduce costs, according to a Charles River Associates study released today.
FTC workshop examines impact of COPAs
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday held a public workshop to assess the impact of certificates of public advantage on prices, quality, access, and innovation for health care services.
Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on vertical health care mergers
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights yesterday held a hearing on the competitive implications of vertical mergers in the health care sector.
AHA comments for FTC workshop on certificates of public advantage
Responding today to a Federal Trade Commission request for comments on the impact of certificates of public advantage, AHA takes no position on COPA laws but says the drive for states to enact them and for hospitals to obtain COPAs might diminish if the agency were to credit efficiency claims by merging hospitals more often.
AHA reacts to study on prices paid by private health plans to hospitals
A study released last week by Rand on prices paid by private health plans to hospitals “relied on severely limited data and questionable assumptions to draw far-reaching conclusions about the way hospitals are paid for patient care,” writes Aaron Wesolowski, AHA vice president for policy research, analytics and strategy, in an AHA Stat Blog post today.
AHA to DOJ: Proposed Centene-WellCare merger threatens competition
AHA today urged the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to investigate thoroughly Centene's proposed acquisition of WellCare “because it threatens to reduce competition in delivery of Medicaid managed care and Medicare Advantage services to tens of millions of consumers across broad swaths of the country.”
AHA raises serious concerns with study on consolidation, wages
In a letter to the editor, AHA today expressed concerns with a recent Modern Healthcare article presenting the findings of a study on health system consolidation and employee wages.