Fierce Healthcare January 21, 2021
Heather Landi

The federal government plans to study the impact of physician group and healthcare facility consolidation during the past six years.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent orders to six health insurance companies for six years’ worth of patient claims data to inform the review.

The agency plans to look at patient-level commercial claims data for inpatient, outpatient, and physician services in 15 U.S. states from Cigna, United Healthcare, Anthem, Florida Blue, Aetna, and Health Care Service Corporation.

The data will help the FTC assess the impact of physician consolidation during this period, including physician practice mergers and hospital acquisitions of physician practices, the agency said in a press release.

“The study results should aid the FTC’s enforcement mission by...

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