Hospital Field Realignment
The 黑料正能量 Association supports H.R. 5645, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018, also known as the SMARTER Act.
鈥淭he 鈥楬鈥 in the future is going to look different,鈥 Pollack said at the panel, which was part of the University of Miami School of Business Administration鈥檚 conference on 鈥淭he Business of Health Care: What鈥檚 Next?."
Filed: March 29, 2018 | People of the State of California Ex Rel. Xavier Becerra, Plaintiff, vs. Sutter Health, Defendant
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. The group presenting was untethered from the realities of managing a high-quality hospital system responsive to the鈥
In an op-ed piece responding to a USA Today editorial critical of hospital mergers, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack explains how rapid changes in the larger health care field are leading hospitals and health systems to explore new ways to meet patients鈥 needs. 鈥淭he decision by CVS to acquire鈥
Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to combine ministries and create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system.
This report identifies the practical barriers to achieving the goals of a value-based payment system created by current laws and recommends specific legislative changes.
This report outlines two distinct analyses of the questions relating to the benefits achieved through hospital combinations and the 鈥渕erger-specificity鈥澛 of those benefits.
Suggestions on Framing the Benefits of Hospital Mergers
Monica Noether, Ph.D. and Sean May, Ph.D.
January 2017