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The Value of Health Systems

Mergers and acquisitions are one effective means for developing coordinated systems of care that fuel innovation and drive value-based care.
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Key Messages on Consolidation

The financial health of the hospital field has been shaken during the pandemic. Health systems have demonstrated benefits. Mergers expand the capacity of smaller and rural hospitals. A focus on hospital consolidation ignores larger market trends. The cost of providing care continues to increase. Critics of mergers too often rely on incomplete evidence. Commercial insurers do not always pass on savings from lower hospital prices.
AHA in the News

Value of Health Systems Shown Clearly During the Pandemic

As our nation emerges slowly from the devastating effects of the pandemic, the value of America’s hospitals and health systems—and t
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Securing Your Future During Disruption

Leaders need to think strategically about the pandemic’s impact on health care in the near and long term and plan for a future defined by resilience and innovation while maintaining an unwavering commitment to high-quality care. Futurescan 2021-2016: Health Care Trends and Implications offers key data and insights on the clinical, operational and strategy landscape, and explores the pandemic’s ramifications.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

UnitedHealth Deal Expands PBM Reach

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, and Genoa Healthcare, one of the nation's largest pharmacy chains, are teaming up in a move that could bring significant cost savings and improved operational efficiency in caring for psychiatric patients and those with substance use disorders.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

4 Questions to Answer on Retail Care Wave

Walgreens Boots Alliance and McLaren Health Care, which operates 14 hospitals, are collaborating on a plan to expand pharmacy and outpatient care services throughout Michigan. McLaren will offer services ranging from retail health clinics to urgent care centers and primary care sites in select Walgreens stores. Also, Walgreens will buy the prescription files and pharmacy inventory assets of McLaren pharmacies in Michigan and certain on-site pharmacies operated by the health system.
Case Studies

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advocate Aurora Health – Milwaukee, Wisc.

Advocate Aurora Health’s scale has been a critical asset that has allowed us to successfully respond to the financial, operational and clinical challenges created by COVID-19.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

What Health Care Could Look Like a Decade from Now

Expect massive vertical consolidation in health care. Payers, providers, suppliers and pharmacies will be under one corporate umbrella. Health insurance as we know it will largely be replaced by subscription-based plans that provide patients with unlimited telehealth consultations along with wellness, fitness and nutrition information.