The Value of Health Systems Additional Resources
Studies
- AHA Report: Cost of Caring
- Charles River Associates Report: Hospital Merger Benefits Revisited
- Executive Summary: Charles River Associates Report: Hospital Merger Benefits Revisited
- Anticompetitive Conduct by Commercial Health Insurance Companies
- An Examination of New Theories on Price Effects of Cross-Market Hospital Mergers
- Competition in Health Insurance, 2019 Update. American Medical Association
- Charles River Associates Report: Hospital Merger Benefits: Views from Hospital Leaders and Econometric Analysis - An Update
- Comments on “Hospital Prices Grew Substantially Faster Than Physician Prices For Hospital-Based Care In 2007–14"
- AHA: FTC Approach to Reviewing Hospital Transactions Seriously Flawed
- Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets, 2018 Update. American Medical Association
- Report: Hospital Merger Benefits, a Review and Extension
- AHA Report: Building Value for the Future Through Integration
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News Articles
- Beckers: Partnerships, mergers can save hospitals, AHA says, but some studies link consolidation to higher prices
- HealthLeaders: Hospital Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnerships Drive Several Benefits, Report Says
- FierceHealthcare: Acquisitions can save failing hospitals and fuel new services, AHA argues with new report
- Modern Healthcare: Consolidation boosted mortality rates in rural hospitals, study finds
- Beckers: Mergers improve care outcomes for rural hospitals, study finds
- FierceHealthcare: Rural hospitals saw mortality improvements after acquisition deals, study finds
- Healthcare Finance: Hospital groups criticize Biden executive order on consolidation
- Healthcare Dive: AHA moves to shift cost blame to health plans in letter to antitrust regulators
- Modern Healthcare: American Hospital Association, economists debate merits of mergers
- FierceHealthcare: AHA report makes argument that consolidation reduces costs, improves quality
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics: Article on Hospital Consolidation Misleads
- Bloomberg Law: Hospitals Tout Merger Cost Savings, Contradicting Past Studies
- HealthLeaders: AHA Survey Shows Hospital Mergers Decrease Costs
- Rappleye, E. (2018, Dec 30). AHA finds hospital proximity matters in reaping merger benefits, Beckers Hospital Review.
- Kenneth Kaufman: Why hospitals need scale
- Pollack, R. (2018, Dec 17). Health care mergers benefit patients. USA Today.
- Study: Positive outcomes associated with mergers and acquisitions
Blogs
- UnitedHealth Group Using Researchers to Advance Self-Serving Agenda
- Perspective: Integrated Health Systems Help Enhance Value, Access for Patients and Communities
- AHA Rebuttal to “Employer Consolidation and Wages: Evidence from Hospitals"
- Kaufman: FTC Says No to Social Justice
- Understanding Hospital and Health System Consolidation
- The Benefits of Hospital Mergers
Case Studies
- Holzer Health System: Keeping Faith with Their Communities through the Power of Networks
- Sparrow Health - Lansing, Michigan: Covering Every Aspect of Patient Care
- Vandalia Health - West Virginia The Power of Two
- UCHealth - Advancing Health Patient by Patient
- Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Integration: Progress Review – May 2021
- St. Joseph's Health – Integration into Trinity Health Four-Year Progress Review – June 2019
- MacNeal Hospital – Integration into Loyola Medicine/Trinity Health One-Year Progress Review – June 2019
- Caldwell UNC Health Care: Achieving Value Through Integration
- Ascension Looks to Mergers and Acquisitions to Positively Impact More Lives, Enhance Quality and Enrich Community Collaboration