This week, major hospital systems, including CommonSpirit Health and Community Health Systems, filed a wave of antitrust lawsuits against Elevance Health, Health Care Service Corp., and other Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ). The providers have opted out of the $2.8 billion antitrust...National News
Buried underneath 2020’s endless barrage of stories about overwhelmed and under-protected healthcare workers, government relief packages, and shortages of critical supplies, was a flurry of effort to address an issue much older and more persistent than the pandemic -- the increasing concentration of the hospital market.
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