The poster session, “Behind the Curtain: How Healthcare Policy Shapes Patient Outcomes,” took place on the final day of the American Heart Association Scientific Session. Vertical integration, which ...

A new report is setting sights on the drawbacks of vertical integration as it relates to the long-standing conflict between Hampton Roads, Va.-area health systems Chesapeake Regional Medical Center ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...

Medicare Advantage, the form of Medicare where insurance companies take the risk of monetary losses while providing the same care as traditional Medicare but at a lower cost to beneficiaries, now ...