Medical Economics June 6, 2024
Physicians Advocacy Institute comments on federal request for information about consolidation in health care.
Corporate and consolidated ownership of health care is creating anticompetitive pricing and business practices with bad outcomes for physicians and patients across the industry, according to the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI).
June 5 marked the end of the extended public comment period on a request for information about consolidation in health care markets. The U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, with the Federal Trade Commission, have stated they “believe that robust competition in health care markets promotes lower health care costs and improved working conditions, while fostering high-quality patient care and driving innovation across the health care system.”
Many physicians agree. But PAI’s...
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