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2023 Legislative Recap: Health Care Consolidation and …

(7 days ago) WebAs health system consolidation increases nationwide, many state lawmakers are examining the impact of mergers on health care costs and quality, and considering policies to enhance oversight of future acquisitions. Increasing …

https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/2023-legislative-recap-health-care-consolidation-and-competition

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Consolidation And Mergers Among Health Systems In …

(4 days ago) WebConsolidation of health care providers into vertically integrated health systems continued through the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in ever greater concentration in the U.S. health care system.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/consolidation-and-mergers-among-health-systems-2021-new-data-ahrq-compendium

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On Consolidation and Competition — The Trials and …

(Just Now) WebConsolidation in health care has occurred by means of horizontal, vertical, and cross-market transactions as well as private-equity investment. In recent years, such moves have gone largely unchecked.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2201629

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States Fill Gaps in FTC Health-Care Consolidation Crackdown (1)

(2 days ago) WebIn response to consolidation, California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana in just the past year have passed laws requiring health-care entities to notify state …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/states-fill-gaps-in-ftc-crackdown-on-health-care-consolidation

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How States Can Advance Equity When Addressing Health …

(3 days ago) WebHealth care costs in this country continue to rise without a commensurate increase in quality. 1 These increased costs squeeze public budgets and individual and …

https://tcf.org/content/report/how-states-can-advance-equity-when-addressing-health-care-consolidation/

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A Tool for States to Address Health Care Consolidation

(3 days ago) WebA primary driver of rising health care costs is the wave of health care consolidation that gives consolidated providers market leverage to raise prices …

https://nashp.org/a-tool-for-states-to-address-health-care-consolidation-prohibiting-anticompetitive-health-plan-contracts/

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Empowering State Attorneys General To Fight Health Care …

(1 days ago) WebHealth care market consolidation—the horizontal, vertical, and cross-market integration of hospitals, other providers, and insurers—is increasing and contributing to rising health care costs

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/empowering-state-attorneys-general-to-fight-health-care-consolidation/

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Federal Agencies Launch Portal for Public Reporting of …

(2 days ago) Web“Competition in health care is crucial to ensuring fair and competitive wages across the healthcare sector and affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans,” …

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/federal-agencies-launch-portal-public-reporting-anticompetitive-practices-health-care-sector

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Hospital Consolidation and Physician Unionization NEJM

(Just Now) WebUnionization is a natural consequence of consolidation and the corporatization of health care delivery. Notes This article was published on April 20, …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2400463

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Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Building State Capacity to Address …

(6 days ago) WebA variety of state and federal offices already have some oversight over consolidation and health care transactions. Federal authorities have historically …

https://nashp.org/weighing-policy-trade-offs-building-state-capacity-to-address-health-care-consolidation/

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State Action to Oversee Consolidation of Health Care Providers

(Just Now) Web1. Notice of Impending Transactions. States must monitor consolidation in their health care markets to prevent and address any potential harms to competition. To …

https://www.milbank.org/publications/state-action-to-oversee-consolidation-of-health-care-providers/

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Stop Playing Health Care Antitrust Whack-A-Mole - Bill of Health

(9 days ago) WebAs a result, rising health care premiums mean that every year, consumers pay more, but receive less. Dynamic health care antitrust enforcement is an idea whose …

https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/05/17/health-care-consolidation-antitrust-enforcement/

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Health Care Consolidation and Price Transparency RAND

(5 days ago) WebHealth care consolidation is causing concern about reduced competition as this reduction can lead to increased prices, reduced incentives to innovate, decreased quality, and less …

https://www.rand.org/congress/newsletters/health/2023/consolidation-and-price-transparency.html

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Who Can Rein in Health Care Prices? State and Federal Efforts to

(4 days ago) WebMeanwhile, the consolidation of health care providers into large health systems continues to accelerate, 64 and in many geographic markets, competition has …

https://www.milbank.org/publications/who-can-rein-in-health-care-prices-state-and-federal-efforts-to-address-health-care-provider-consolidation/

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Preventing Healthcare Consolidation: Strengthening State …

(7 days ago) WebEasy Explainer No. 17 May 2020 . Preventing Healthcare Consolidation: Strengthening State Antitrust Laws. Federal antitrust laws aim to preserve the benefits of competition …

https://www.healthcarevaluehub.org/advocate-resources/publications/preventing-healthcare-consolidation-strengthening-state-antitrust-laws

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What We Know About Provider Consolidation KFF

(7 days ago) WebFTC officials have cited several constraints on their ability to enforce anti-trust laws in the health care sector that may be contributing to the increases in …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/what-we-know-about-provider-consolidation/

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FTC Finalizes Changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule

(3 days ago) WebThe Federal Trade Commission today announced it has finalized changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that will strengthen and modernize the rule …

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-changes-health-breach-notification-rule

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How Will Draft Merger Guidelines Impact Health Care Markets?

(8 days ago) WebOverall, the draft merger guidelines break new ground by addressing the increasingly complex types of consolidation that have emerged in the health care …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/draft-merger-guidelines-impact-health-care-markets

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Mitigating the Price Impacts of Health Care Provider Consolidation

(4 days ago) WebAbstract. Consolidation is a primary driver of high and increasing health care costs in the United States. Dominant health systems and insurers can use contract …

https://www.milbank.org/publications/mitigating-the-price-impacts-of-health-care-provider-consolidation/

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States Aim to Combat Private-Equity Healthcare Takeovers

(9 days ago) WebStatehouses across the country are enacting laws to curtail private-equity healthcare acquisitions, part of a political backlash against corporate consolidation in …

https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-private-equity-healthcare-takeovers-cb43f70b

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Ten Things to Know About Consolidation in Health Care Provider …

(6 days ago) WebTen Things to Know About Consolidation in Health Care Provider Markets. National health spending totaled $4.5 trillion in 2022 —17% of gross domestic product …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/ten-things-to-know-about-consolidation-in-health-care-provider-markets/

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Medicare Advantage and Vertical Consolidation in Health Care

(3 days ago) WebA new wave of health care consolidation is underway. Health insurance and retail conglomerates are rapidly acquiring providers, from primary care practices and …

https://www.economicliberties.us/our-work/medicare-advantage-and-vertical-consolidation-in-health-care/

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What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears case about abortion in

(4 days ago) WebThe case, known as Moyle v.United States (Mike Moyle is the speaker of the Idaho House), has major implications on everything from what emergency care is …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/23/1246611400/whats-at-stake-as-the-supreme-court-hears-idaho-case-about-abortion-in-emergenci

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Department of Labor takes additional steps to protect critical

(5 days ago) WebWASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced that its Employee Benefits Security Administration issued a final rule that will reinforce critical healthcare …

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ebsa/ebsa20240429

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FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Healthcare Price Fixing

(5 days ago) WebTraditionally, the FTC has policed healthcare by challenging local or regional hospital mergers that have the potential to reduce competition and raise prices. But …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ftc-chief-says-tech-advancements-risk-healthcare-price-fixing/ar-AA1nTr37

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Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children

(3 days ago) WebFlorida healthcare officials admit at least some were removed for non-payment of premiums, an action prohibited by the “continuous eligibility” clause of the 2023 …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/29/florida-childrens-health-insurance-program-ron-desantis

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A Tool for States to Address Health Care Consolidation - NASHP

(4 days ago) WebA comprehensive and growing body of evidence demonstrates that health care consolidation leads to higher health care costs with little to no increase in quality. …

https://nashp.org/a-tool-for-states-to-address-health-care-consolidation-improved-oversight-of-health-care-provider-mergers/

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Health Care Proxy HSS

(1 days ago) WebA health care proxy is a document that allows you to appoint another person (s) as your health care agent to make health care decisions on your behalf if you are no longer …

https://www.hss.edu/health-care-proxy.asp

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Is there a downside to mandatory reporting laws meant to protect

(Just Now) Web: Shots - Health News Colorado is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high. New York …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/25/1247021109/states-find-a-downside-to-mandatory-reporting-laws-meant-to-protect-children

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Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender …

(5 days ago) WebThe Biden administration in 2021 announced its intention to protect transgender Americans from health care discrimination through Section 1557 and Title …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/politics/lgbtq-health-care-biden-administration-rules-affordable-care-act/index.html

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Multiple Medical Bills? Consolidation Can Simplify Payments

(9 days ago) WebAbout 3 million people — 1% of adults in the U.S. — owe more than $10,000 in medical debt, according to a February 2024 analysis of government data by KFF, a …

https://www.sfgate.com/business/personalfinance/article/multiple-medical-bills-consolidation-can-19430879.php

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UnitedHealth CEO Faces Congress Scrutiny Over Ransomware Hack

(9 days ago) WebUnitedHealth Group Inc.'s top executive this week will defend his company’s response to a cyberattack that held up payments across the US health care system, …

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/unitedhealth-ceo-faces-congress-scrutiny-over-ransomware-hack

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The Biden-Harris Administration Issues New Rule to Support …

(3 days ago) WebProhibits the use or disclosure of PHI when it is sought to investigate or impose liability on individuals, health care providers, or others who seek, obtain, …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/22/biden-harris-administration-issues-new-rule-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy-under-hipaa.html

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Supreme Court Appears Sharply Divided in Emergency Abortion …

(4 days ago) WebThe federal law at issue, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, enacted by Congress in 1986, mandates that hospitals receiving federal …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/politics/supreme-court-idaho-abortion-ban.html

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Florida’s 6-week abortion ban set to take effect this week CNN

(2 days ago) WebA stricter abortion law is set to take effect in Florida on Wednesday — dropping the state’s 15-week ban to a six-week ban — and it will likely affect thousands of people …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/health/florida-abortion-ban-takes-effect/index.html

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Married Frontline Health Care Workers' Wrongful COVID-19

(7 days ago) WebNEWS. Married Frontline Health Care Workers' Wrongful COVID-19 Death Lawsuit Reinstated by Appellate Division "Indeed, the judge's opinion was silent as to …

https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2024/04/24/married-frontline-health-care-workers-wrongful-covid-19-death-lawsuit-reinstated-by-appellate-division/

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2024-05-01 TSX:AEZS Press Release Aeterna Zentaris Inc

(8 days ago) WebThe new CUSIP number for the Common Shares following the Consolidation is 007975600 and the new ISIN number is CA00079756007. Common …

https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2024/05/01/aeterna-zentaris-announces-effective-date-of-share-consolidation

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