It should not be surprising that the realignment of the industry, merging formerly competing entities, has not been a smooth course. Participants in integration efforts — whether from physician ...

The past few years of growth in medical practice acquisitions has shown little signs of slowing down, with insurers lately joining health systems in the practice buying spree. According to Modern ...

I have talked about, and written about, “Demand and Supply Integration” (DSI) for quite some time. Many call it “Sales and Operations Planning” (S&OP), while others like the term “Integrated Business ...

In recent years direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems (that is, vertical integration) has become a prominent feature of the US health care system. One unexplored ...