The poster session, “Behind the Curtain: How Healthcare Policy Shapes Patient Outcomes,” took place on the final day of the American Heart Association Scientific Session. Vertical integration, which ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient ...

Increasing levels of consolidation among private payers, driven by vertical integration and market specialization, are undermining competition and fueling higher health care costs. Over the past two ...

The proposed merger between Lehigh Valley Health Network and Jefferson Health is a terrible idea, and one that regulators should quickly condemn. Consolidation among health care providers leads ...

Alexis is a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Group. His practice focuses on civil antitrust and competition matters, including merger reviews and clearances, government investigations, premerger ...