Doctors’ group: Healthcare mergers not in patients’ ‘best interests’

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/252898-doctors-group-healthcare-mergers-not-in-the-best-interests-of-patients

The American Medical Association (AMA) is sounding the alarm about the proposed consolidations of four of the country’s largest health insurance giants.

Will payer mergers stifle competition? Let us know (Poll)

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/will-payer-mergers-stifle-competition-let-us-know-poll?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohvKTIZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JT8JrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

With Anthem set to buy Cigna and Aetna buying Humana, AHA executives sent a letter last week to the Department of Justice's antitrust division over concerns that consolidation among those largest payers could spell disaster for competition.

 

​Northside Hospital to merge with Gwinnett Medical

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/09/02/northside-hospital-to-merge-with-gwinnett-medical.html?ana=e_du_pap&s=article_du&ed=2015-09-02&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441297830

If a final agreement is reached, both hospitals will expand their footprints in the growing northern Atlanta suburbs. Northside currently has hospitals in Sandy Springs, Canton and Cumming, and Gwinnett has hospitals in Lawrenceville and Duluth.

As Humana deal looms, a fight is brewing in Washington, D.C.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/09/01/as-humana-deal-looms-a-fight-is-brewing-in.html?ana=e_cinci_hc&s=newsletter&ed=2015-09-01&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441220686

A fight has been brewing all summer over insurance industry consolidation.

SSM to replace SLU Hospital with $500 million investment

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2015/09/01/ssm-to-replace-slu-hospital-with-500-million.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-09-01&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441219885

SLU Hospital, 3635 Vista Ave.

Cardinal Health’s move to acquire naviHealth highlights demand for post acute care coordination

Cardinal Health’s move to acquire naviHealth highlights demand for post acute care coordination

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Cardinal Health‘s move to acquire three year-old business naviHealth underscores the interest by healthcare organizations in businesses that eliminate waste in Medicare and make post acute care coordination more efficient as companies seeks to fulfill the demands of healthcare reform. Cardinal Health purchased a 71 percent stake in naviHealth for $290 million in the first step of its acquisition, which will be integrated into its Medical business.

The push and pull of increasing hospital consolidation

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/push-and-pull-increasing-hospital-consolidation/2015-08-20?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Money Physician

Healthcare reform drives deals, but regulators also push back