Consolidation and Integration in Health Care: What It Means for Patients, Payers, and Policy

News reports across the country trumpet major mergers and consolidation involving health insurers, physician practices, pharmacy benefits managers, hospitals and health systems, and other providers, including many that integrate different services under a single umbrella. The current wave of consolidation and integration has federal and state policy makers examining how it affects competition, prices, and overall costs.

Tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET, three experts will join moderator Larry Levitt for an hour-long “Health Wonk Shop” discussion about health care consolidation and integration. During the event, panelists will discuss the motivations behind horizontal and vertical consolidation in health care, its potential to lower or raise costs, the implications for patients and payers, and how policy makers could respond.RSVP

Moderator

• Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy, KFF

Panelists

• Erin Fuse Brown, Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
• Cory Capps, Partner, Bates White.
• Elizabeth Mitchell, President and CEO, Purchaser Business Group on Health