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Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the United States and is the only option for hospital care for a large swath of Appalachia.
Tennessee's scoring rubric largely ignores Ballad Health's performance
A new study highlights a pervasive government failure to prevent hospital mergers that give providers excess pricing power. Price transparency is unlikely to compensate.
As policymakers and regulators pay more attention to consolidation in health care provider markets, this brief examines and summarizes the evidence about consolidation, including recent trends, the impact on prices and quality, and proposals to address consolidation and increase competition.
BRISTOL, Va. (TNS) — In the small Appalachian city of Bristol, City Council member Neal Osborne left a meeting on the morning of Jan. 3 and rushed himself to the