Inefficiency dooms hospital mergers, Modern Healthcare analysis shows

06/16/21 • 11 min

Modern Healthcare Politics and Policy Fellow Matti Gellman and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik discuss Modern Healthcare's analysis that showed that certain hospitals didn't become more efficient after merging.

-Consolidation casualties: Hospital mergers unwind as organizations clash

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-Consolidation casualties: Hospital mergers unwind as organizations clash

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-Alex Kacik (@alex_kacik)

-Jessie Hellman (@GellmanMatti)

Music Credit: Coffee by Cambo

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