Becker's Healthcare September 20, 2024
A July 2023 study by RAND found that most physicians working in vertically integrated hospitals or health systems were 65% less likely to use ASCs for procedures, compared to physicians who were never a part of a vertically integrated system.
Independent physicians have autonomy in referring patients out to ASCs for procedures or to perform procedures there themselves. Some physicians within hospital systems also have privileges to perform surgeries at ASCs.
But according to the study, which looked at the economic effects of vertical integration in healthcare between 2013 and 2016, physicians whose practices were vertically integrated...
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