AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is making another significant push into care delivery after its recent $5.4 billion merger agreement with home care company LHC…
Eight Myths About Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions
Hospitals and health systems are transforming the way they deliver care in response to patients’ and communities’ changing needs and preferences. At the same time, they face many headwinds such as low government payment rates, increasing prescription drug costs and shifting demographics.
Mergers and acquisitions are an effective tool to help hospitals and health systems confront challenges and opportunities. But there are many misconceptions about consolidation. View the top eight myths under key resources below.:
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Letter/Comment
As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the…
Advisory
The documentary feature film, INHOSPITABLE, will premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on Nov. 13. According to the film’s website, it purports to “expose…
Standards/Guidelines
Hospitals and health systems face many pressures to increase the scale of their operations. To help mitigate these challenges, hospitals are considering a…
Letter/Comment
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urge Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating…
Letter/Comment
President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy called upon all agencies of the federal government to protect and promote…