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Optum Rounds Out Its Home Health Portfolio as Competition Heats Up

UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and its information and tech-enabled health services business Optum have continued their rapid footprint expansion into home-based post-acute care services over the past 15 months.

Proposals to Reduce Medicare Payments Would Jeopardize Access to Essential Care and Services for Patients

This report provides key evidence as to why site-neutral payment policies are misguided, highlighting the substantial negative impact these policies and new legislative proposals would have on access to the care that the nation’s hospitals and health systems provide.

Setting the Record Straight: Private Equity and Health Insurers Acquire More Physicians than Hospitals Infographic

Private equity, physician groups and health insurers have acquired the vast majority of physician practices during the last five years. Percentage of acquired physicians by type, 2019-2023. Private equity: 65%; Physician Medical Groups: 14%; Health Insurers: 11%; Hospitals and Health Systems: 6%; Other Services: 4%.
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AHA Statement to House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Competition and Transparency

Statement of the American Hospital Association

Understanding the Keys to Successful Innovation Investing

A new report, “The Rise of Innovation Investing Among Health Care Organizations,” explores the channels organizations are using to invest in innovation, the roles of professional investors and what it takes to achieve success.

FDA launches pilot program for certain LDTs for cancer patients

The Food and Drug Administration June 20 released guidance on a new voluntary pilot program intended to improve certain laboratory-developed tests used to identify patients for treatment with certain oncology drug products

AHA shares hospital perspective for Senate hearing on health care consolidation

Mergers and acquisitions are important tools that some hospitals use to manage financial pressures and increase access to care for patients, AHA told the Senate Finance Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing June 8 on consolidation and corporate ownership in health care. 
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AHA Statement to the Senate Finance Committee on Consolidation in Health Care

American Hospital Association (AHA) statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee to provide the hospital perspective on how hospital mergers and acquisitions can expand and preserve access to quality care.
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Report: Examining the Real Factors Driving Physician Practice Acquisition

Policymakers and others have expressed growing concern about the trend of physician practices becoming affiliated with hospitals and health systems.
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ACT NOW: Senate Committee Hearing to Focus on Consolidation in Health Care

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing June 8 at 10 a.m. on issues that affect hospitals and health systems.