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2023 Legislative Recap: Health Care Consolidation and Competition

(7 days ago) WEBAs health system consolidation increases nationwide, many state lawmakers are examining the impact of mergers on health care costs and quality, and considering policies to enhance oversight of future acquisitions. Increasing …

https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/2023-legislative-recap-health-care-consolidation-and-competition

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State Action to Oversee Consolidation of Health Care …

(Just Now) WEB(See Table 1.) Oregon and Nevada passed laws in the 2021 legislative session that have not yet taken effect. As many health care providers now take on many complex organizational forms, 11 states …

https://www.milbank.org/publications/state-action-to-oversee-consolidation-of-health-care-providers/

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A Tool for States to Address Health Care Consolidation - NASHP

(3 days ago) WEBWith COVID-19 expected to accelerate the consolidation of health care providers, state policymakers are searching for tools to curtail the abuse of market …

https://nashp.org/a-tool-for-states-to-address-health-care-consolidation-prohibiting-anticompetitive-health-plan-contracts/

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A Tool for States to Address Health Care Consolidation - NASHP

(4 days ago) WEBUnder states existing laws, attorneys general can file a lawsuit alleging a merger violates state or federal antitrust laws. To block a merger, a state attorney general must expend …

https://nashp.org/a-tool-for-states-to-address-health-care-consolidation-improved-oversight-of-health-care-provider-mergers/

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AAMC study examines the impact of health care consolidation in …

(4 days ago) WEBThe top three large-group insurers control an average of 82.2% of the market share in each state, nearly twice the combined average market share of each state’s …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-01-aamc-study-examines-impact-health-care-consolidation-states

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How States Can Advance Equity When Addressing Health Care …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth care costs in this country continue to rise without a commensurate increase in quality. 1 These increased costs squeeze public budgets and individual and …

https://tcf.org/content/report/how-states-can-advance-equity-when-addressing-health-care-consolidation/

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Consolidation And Mergers Among Health Systems In …

(4 days ago) WEBSimilarly, CommonSpirit Health, with 156 hospitals, 17,985 beds, and 14,820 physicians, formed from the merger of CHI Health and Dignity Health. Context: Modest But Steady Increases In Health Care

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/consolidation-and-mergers-among-health-systems-2021-new-data-ahrq-compendium

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State Action to Oversee Consolidation of Health Care Providers

(8 days ago) WEBcompetitive health care markets and minimize further consolidation. This brief is the second in a three-part series looking at health care consolidation. The first brief argues …

https://www.milbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/State-Action-to-Oversee-Consolidation_ib_V3.pdf

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States Fill Gaps in FTC Health-Care Consolidation Crackdown (1)

(2 days ago) WEBIn response to consolidation, California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana in just the past year have passed laws requiring health-care entities to notify state …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/states-fill-gaps-in-ftc-crackdown-on-health-care-consolidation

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Empowering State Attorneys General To Fight Health …

(1 days ago) WEBFor example, under state law, Rhode Island requires transacting parties to cover the cost of expert analysis as part of the attorney general’s economic review, and the state health secretary is

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/empowering-state-attorneys-general-to-fight-health-care-consolidation/

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Health System Consolidation - National Conference of State …

(5 days ago) WEBHealth System Consolidation. Health spending increased by 9.7% in 2020 compared to a 4.3% increase in 2019. High health care spending is largely attributed to …

https://www.ncsl.org/health/health-system-consolidation

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Preventing Healthcare Consolidation: Strengthening State …

(7 days ago) WEBEasy Explainer No. 17 May 2020 . Preventing Healthcare Consolidation: Strengthening State Antitrust Laws. Federal antitrust laws aim to preserve the benefits of competition …

https://www.healthcarevaluehub.org/advocate-resources/publications/preventing-healthcare-consolidation-strengthening-state-antitrust-laws

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Ten Things to Know About Consolidation in Health Care Provider …

(6 days ago) WEBThis could include reforming state Certificate of Need (CON) statues (which can be used to limit, for example, the construction of new health care facilities) and …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/ten-things-to-know-about-consolidation-in-health-care-provider-markets/

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What We Know About Provider Consolidation KFF

(7 days ago) WEBFTC officials have cited several constraints on their ability to enforce anti-trust laws in the health care sector that may be contributing to the increases in …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/what-we-know-about-provider-consolidation/

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On Consolidation and Competition — The Trials and Triumphs of …

(Just Now) WEBConsolidation in health care has occurred by means of horizontal, vertical, and cross-market transactions as well as private-equity investment. In recent years, …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2201629

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Understanding the Role of the FTC, DOJ, and States in Challenging …

(Just Now) WEBThis brief explains the role of federal and state antitrust agencies in challenging anticompetitive practices among hospitals and other health care providers, …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/understanding-the-role-of-the-ftc-doj-and-states-in-challenging-anticompetitive-practices-of-hospitals-and-other-health-care-providers/

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Who Can Rein in Health Care Prices? State and Federal Efforts to

(4 days ago) WEBA comprehensive and multifaceted approach is critical to address health care consolidation and ensure Americans continue to have access to affordable health …

https://www.milbank.org/publications/who-can-rein-in-health-care-prices-state-and-federal-efforts-to-address-health-care-provider-consolidation/

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Preventing Anticompetitive Healthcare Consolidation: Lessons …

(6 days ago) WEBWith support from Arnold Ventures and in collaboration with the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare in the School of Public …

https://sourceonhealthcare.org/profile/preventing-anticompetitive-healthcare-consolidation-lessons-from-five-states/

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nihcm-consolidation-charts-updated-010920

(9 days ago) WEBHCA 177 hospitals in 21 states Steward Health System: rapidly expanded through acquisitions to reach 33 hospitals in 9 states RCCH HealthCare Partners—LifePoint: 89 …

https://nihcm.org/assets/articles/nihcm-consolidation-charts-updated-010920.pdf

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MARKET CONSOLIDATION - The Source on HealthCare Price and …

(2 days ago) WEBWith support from Arnold Ventures, this collaboration between The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition and the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and …

https://sourceonhealthcare.org/market-consolidation/

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States Aim to Combat Private-Equity Healthcare Takeovers

(9 days ago) WEBStatehouses across the country are enacting laws to curtail private-equity healthcare acquisitions, part of a political backlash against corporate consolidation in …

https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-private-equity-healthcare-takeovers-cb43f70b

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1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that …

(5 days ago) WEBThe bill follows up last year’s breakup of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control that spun off the environmental functions. The 2024 proposal …

https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-health-care-consolidation-bill-3b5d175a228ee63dc35e84897d8be392

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‘We can’t wait another day:’ McMaster urges lawmakers to OK …

(8 days ago) WEBState House Speaker Murell Smith, R-Sumter, said the consolidation bill is a top priority when lawmakers gavel back in this January. But it could happen before then, as the …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-can-t-wait-another-day-mcmaster-urges-lawmakers-to-ok-healthcare-consolidation-bill/ar-BB1mrA6s

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Iowa mental health, substance use system consolidation signed …

(Just Now) WEBThe law eliminates the state's 13 Mental Health and Disability Service regions and 19 Integrated Provider Networks that manage substance use disorder and problem …

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/iowa-mental-health-substance-use-system-consolidation-signed-into-law-kim-reynolds/73672968007/

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Congressional hearing to focus on healthcare consolidation

(3 days ago) WEBOn Wednesday, May 23rd, the House Budget Committee will hold a hearing entitled, “Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of …

https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2024/05/16/congressional-hearing-focus-healthcare-consolidation

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DOJ announces task force on health care monopolies and collusion

(6 days ago) WEBThe Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care. The unit, the Task Force on Health …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-10-doj-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and-collusion

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1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that …

(3 days ago) WEBThe bill follows up last year's breakup of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control that spun off the environmental functions. The 2024 proposal …

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/1-lawmaker-stops-south-carolina-health-care-consolidation-110092013

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Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary …

(8 days ago) WEBBreaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of Health Care Consolidation. Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Cannon …

https://budget.house.gov/hearing/breaking-up-health-care-monopolies-examining-the-budgetary-effects-of-health-care-consolidation

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Top Antitrust Officials Call for More Health-Care Enforcement

(6 days ago) WEBListen. 2:13. The US hasn’t enforced its antitrust laws enough in the health care industry, top Justice Department officials said, voicing particular concern about …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-08/top-doj-antitrust-officials-call-for-more-health-care-enforcement

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Report finds employer insurance plans are paying more for …

(9 days ago) WEBKFF, which provides health policy research, reports that a substantial body of research shows that consolidation has led to higher health care prices, supported a …

https://www.wpr.org/news/report-finds-employer-insurance-plans-are-paying-more-for-hospital-care-in-wisconsin

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Office of Public Affairs - United States Department of Justice

(1 days ago) WEBThe Justice Department today announced the formation of the Antitrust Division’s Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC). The HCMC …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/assistant-attorney-general-jonathan-kanter-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and

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Legislative Recap on Hospital and Health System Costs: States …

(9 days ago) WEB11-03-23. Legislative Recap on Hospital and Health System Costs: States Seek to Address Consolidation. by Vicki Veltri, Maureen Hensley-Quinn. PRINT. Health care …

https://nashp.org/legislative-recap-on-hospital-and-health-system-costs-states-seek-to-address-consolidation/

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Private equity in health care: three takeaways going forward

(9 days ago) WEBInvestors in health care businesses can learn (or relearn) from the current state of affairs. Three takeaways are: (1) Health care reimbursement is finite. The goal …

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/private-equity-health-care-three-takeaways-going-forward-2024-05-09/

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How to Consolidate Medical Debt: Options and Step-by-Step Guide

(9 days ago) WEBStep 1: Assess Your Medical Debts. Gather your medical bills and total up how much you owe. Be sure to review your bills to confirm they were submitted to your …

https://www.investopedia.com/how-to-consolidate-medical-debt-options-and-step-by-step-guide-8553511

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Labrador says 2 Idaho hospitals may have violated state fair

(7 days ago) WEBIn 2020, Kootenai Health purchased St. Mary’s Health in Cottonwood and Clearwater Valley Health in Orofino from their out-of-state owner. St. Mary’s, which is …

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/17/labrador-says-2-idaho-hospitals-may-have-violated-/

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Nevada Coroner/Medical Examiner Laws Public Health Law CDC

(8 days ago) WEBWhat are the qualifications specified by law? [A]ll sheriffs in this state are ex officio coroners, unless such an arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in …

https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/php/coroner/nevada.html

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Private Insurers in Wisconsin Are Spending Far More Than …

(4 days ago) WEBConsolidation in health care is leading to higher prices. But leaders disagree on whether hospitals, insurance are to blame. Ver Velde said part of the problem behind …

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/05/17/private-insurers-in-wisconsin-are-spending-far-more-than-medicare-for-health-services/

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