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Is bigger better? Study Finds Consolidation Increases Costs For Patients. Modern Healthcare Share reports that consolidation across healthcare sectors and local markets can increase costs, according to a new report Patients treated by hospital-owned physician groups “had much higher annual medical bills (10% to 20%, respectively) than patients treated by doctors who work for themselves or other physicians, according to an analysis of 4.5 million California managed-care enrollees.”
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:00:02 +0000

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