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AARP on Hospital Consolidaton

Posted on June 27, 2013

Editor’s  Note:   AARP has  quoted a hospital executive as stating that consolidation is often necessary for survival:

“Rick Hudson, Wilson’s chief executive …… thinks the hospital may not survive if it remains independent. ” It would be malpractice on my part as the CEO not to do what I can to make this hospital thrive and grow.”

AARP  goes on to state that price increases follow hospital consolidation, recognizing however that the increases are also associated with increased patient care. 

There is also an underlying theme in the article that insurers  are light on bargaining power;  an observation that many of our consumer readers would challenge, and  in some instances, challenge quite  forcefully.

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Community Tracking Study

Posted on June 27, 2013

 CRE wlll be examing the policy implications of hospital consolidaton.  The Community Tracking Study is integral to such a review. Key descriptors of the study are attached hereto.

 “The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), with funding by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has undertaken a multiyear study of changes over time in the U.S. health care system. While the Community Tracking Study (CTS) allows for national estimates using survey data, its design also allows for a more focused study of twelve randomly selected metropolitan areas, including data from site visits”.

CTS 1

CTS 2 Report on Survey Methods

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