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A $14 billion hospital merger that threatens to bring new hardship to rural Pennsylvanians was abruptly approved earlier this month, thwarting ...

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Pennsylvania's Hospital Merger Speedrun Will Hurt Patients. Here's How They Can Do Better Next Time. ... A $14 billion hospital merger that threatens to bring new ...

Economic Liberties Urges Pennsylvania Legislature to Pass Vital ...

Mergers between hospitals often result directly in higher costs for patients, with mergers leading to price hikes of more than 6% and in some ...

Doctors cite downsides in hospital, health system mergers

Roughly seven in 10 physicians (68%) say that healthcare consolidation is hurting patient access to top-notch, affordable care, according to the ...

Promises Broken: What Really Happens when Local Hospitals are ...

With hospital closures and corporate takeovers of local hospitals on the rise, Pennsylvanians are rightfully worried about how to get care ...

The downside of hospital mergers: Bigger costs to patients

The FTC claims the venture would reduce competition for acute care hospital services in the Harrisburg area, and lead to reduced quality and ...

Impacts of Health Care Industry Consolidation in Pittsburgh ...

WPAHS's failure would leave UPMC as the region's dominant health system; according to Highmark's chief executive, “the community knew what was ...

Federal Courts Reject Challenges to Pennsylvania Hospital Merger

Pa., Dec. 8, 2020). Seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the merger, the initial administrative complaint filed in March alleged that the ...

FTC Challenges Pennsylvania-Based Health System Merger – Again

In a joint statement, the merging parties emphasized that their merger would benefit underserved patients and expand their ability to provide value-based care ...

Patient Perspectives on Hospital Closures, Consolidation, and ...

The Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN) is a statewide organization providing assistance annually to thousands of Pennsylvanians in ...