Market Consolidation and Merger Review The Forgotten Anti-Monopoly Law: The Second Half of Clayton Act Section 7 (Texas Law Review) Robert H Lande, John M Newman, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter The authors of this article analyze the second prong of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits mergers that “tend to create a monopoly.” In comparison to the well-known first prong that seeks to “substantially lessen competition,” the second prong is posited to wield more statutory power as it ...| The Source on HealthCare Price and Competition
Healthcare Competition and Consolidation The Rise of Health Care Consolidation and What to Do About It (Health Affairs Forefront) Erin C. Fuse Brown, Yashawini Singh, Christopher M. Whaley, Jared Perkins As hospital consolidation continues to meteorically rise, an increasing number of government institutions including the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and Congress, have diverted move resources towards understanding and responding to the negative impacts of these trends....| The Source on HealthCare Price and Competition
Healthcare Competition and Consolidation Vertical Integration and Market Consolidation in Healthcare: Policy Drivers and Impact on Physicians and Patient Care (Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery) Rachel Ekaireb, Anna Yap, and Robert Kucejko Over the past several decades, the healthcare market has become increasingly consolidated. For instance, in the last twelve years alone, the percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or healthcare systems has more than doubled from 26% to 55%. While...| The Source on HealthCare Price and Competition
Effects of Market Consolidation Cost, Quality, and Utilization After Hospital-Physician and Hospital-Post Acute Care Vertical Integration: A Systematic Review (Medical Care Research and Review) Alexandra Harris, Sarah Philbin, Brady Post, Neil Jordan, Molly Beestrum, Richard Epstein, Megan McHugh To determine the impact of vertical integration, the authors examine the associations between two types of integration, hospital-physician and hospital-Post Acute Care (PAC), and their effect on cost...| The Source on HealthCare Price and Competition
Healthcare Cost and Spending Promoting Value-Based Healthcare Decisions: A Case Study of Shared Savings Programs in New Hampshire and Maine (Pepperdine Policy Review) Christopher LaCreta and Lawson Mansell Shared savings programs (SSPs) are an emerging policy solution to combatting the rise of healthcare costs. SSPs enable patients to compare prices and receive incentives for saving money on some elective services. Researchers from Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy recently pu...| The Source on HealthCare Price and Competition
