Understanding Hospital

                                                    Understanding Hospital and Health System Consolidation The hearing today by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the impact of health care consolidation presented a one-sided perspective on the benefits of hospital mergers. The group presenting was untethered from the realities of managing a high-quality hospital system responsive to the needs of real communities and a rapidly evolving health care landscape. Their views provide a faulty basis on which to base any public policy consideration. Any casual observer has seen rapid and potentially fundamental changes in the health care landscape: A drug store chain (CVS) attempting to acquire a major commercial insurer (Aetna), the preeminent cloud computing and electronic commerce company (Amazon) aligning with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan ...