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.
Over...Arizona News
Last week, the American Medical Association released the 19th iteration of its recurring report on health insurance in the U.S., revealing dwindling competition among insurers across the country.
The report found that 74% of American health care markets are highly concentrated, meaning they are largely dominated by a small...Arizona News
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to lower prescription drug costs for beneficiaries by making changes to Medicare Part D. The proposal could give insurers negotiating powers on drug prices by offering an expectation that plans would implement broader use of prior authorization (PA)...
