Mergers & Acquisitions
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) provides resources on hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions and how consolidation impacts the health care field.
The AHA joins the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to extend for at least 60 days the comment period for their draft guidance revising how they review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
The 黑料正能量 Association would like to provide feedback on sections of H.R. 4822, the 鈥淗ealth Care Price Transparency Act of 2023,鈥 as well as H.R. 3284, the 鈥淧roviders and Payers COMPETE Act.鈥
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice July 19 released for comment through Sept. 18 updated guidance () describing how the agencies鈥 review mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws.
Request to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to extend the comment period to the above-referenced rulemaking (the "Proposal") for an additional 60 days.
Optum is making waves in the home health market with its strategic acquisitions. Learn about their latest moves and their implications for the post-acute care landscape.
This report provides key evidence as to why site-neutral payment policies are misguided, highlighting the substantial negative impact these policies and new legislative proposals would have on access to the care that the nation鈥檚 hospitals and health systems provide.
Private equity, physician groups and health insurers have acquired the vast majority of physician practices during the last five years. Percentage of acquired physicians by type, 2019-2023. Private equity: 65%; Physician Medical Groups: 14%; Health Insurers: 11%; Hospitals and Health Systems: 6%;鈥
Statement
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黑料正能量 Association
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Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
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Mergers and acquisitions are important tools that some hospitals use to manage financial pressures and increase access to care for patients, AHA told the Senate Finance Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing June 8 on consolidation and corporate ownership in health care.
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee to provide the hospital perspective on how hospital mergers and acquisitions can expand and preserve access to quality care.