By Katherine Gudiksen, Andréa E. Caballero, Paul Ginsburg, Bruce Allain, Thomas Greaney, Brent D. Fulton | Published April 2025 in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Link to article.
“Consolidation among health systems has resulted in increased prices and caused the cost of employer-sponsored health benefits to increase much faster than inflation over the past few decades. Prior quantitative research demonstrates small, but significant price increases resulting from transactions that expand the geographic footprint of health systems, but the mechanisms by which these cross-market acquisitions raise prices is not completely resolved.“