FTC to Probe Physician Practice Consolidation and Impact on Market Competition
01/22/2021
The federal government plans to study the impact of physician group and healthcare facility consolidation during the past six years, according to a FierceHealthcare report.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent orders to six health insurance companies for six years’ worth of patient claims data to inform the review. The agency plans to look at patient-level commercial claims data for inpatient, outpatient, and physician services in 15 U.S. states from Cigna, United Healthcare, Anthem, Florida Blue, Aetna, and Health Care Service Corporation.