The National Journal 
(5/8, Sanger-Katz, Subscription Publication) reports, "Hospitals are
using sophisticated strategies to increase their ability to demand high
prices from insurers, a new study in Health Affairs suggests." The
report indicates that "hospitals are now focusing on purchasing
hospitals and services considered "must have" or buying hospitals spread
throughout a state or region to improve their negotiating clout."
Additionally, "according to the study's authors,
hospital executives saw the employment of doctors as a further strategy
to lock in favorable contract terms."
(5/8, Sanger-Katz, Subscription Publication) reports, "Hospitals are
using sophisticated strategies to increase their ability to demand high
prices from insurers, a new study in Health Affairs suggests." The
report indicates that "hospitals are now focusing on purchasing
hospitals and services considered "must have" or buying hospitals spread
throughout a state or region to improve their negotiating clout."
Additionally, "according to the study's authors,
hospital executives saw the employment of doctors as a further strategy
to lock in favorable contract terms."
According to Politico
(5/8, Dobias), "the article doesn't attempt to resolve the dispute in
health policy circles over whether new models in the health law, like
accountable care organizations, will pave the way for high quality and
efficiency or lead to new hospital-dominated monopolies as the leading
hospitals absorb physician practices and smaller health centers and
increase their clout."
(5/8, Dobias), "the article doesn't attempt to resolve the dispute in
health policy circles over whether new models in the health law, like
accountable care organizations, will pave the way for high quality and
efficiency or lead to new hospital-dominated monopolies as the leading
hospitals absorb physician practices and smaller health centers and
increase their clout."
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