By Alexander Castro
Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Markets and Competition News
A new kind of medical clinic is surprising some patients with thousands in ER bills
By Tara Bannow
Private equity healthcare investment concentrated in India’s south and west, study finds
Reported by Mirror-now
Still no Hopkins–UnitedHealthcare deal as patients weigh the cost of keeping their doctors
By Mallory Sofastaii
How the No Surprises Act’s nonprofit arbitrators are operating like ‘mini gods’ and getting rich doing it
By Tara Bannow
Social entrepreneurs: Putting money where their heart is
By KS Badri Narayanan
Private Equity Quietly Reshapes India’s Hospital Landscape, Landmark Study Reveals
by Ophelia Keating
by Barbara Booth
Hidden Help: A New Push for Hospitals to Prevent Medical Debt
By Melanie Evans and Dan Gorenstein
Mayo Charged Private Insurance over 4 Times More than Medicare for Outpatient Procedures in 2022
By Alyssa Chen
SPH researchers publish new tracker to map private equity involvement in healthcare nationwide
By Brendon Wen
It really is bleak out there, and list prices matter
By Bob Herman
As WakeMed, Atrium deal moves forward, concerns about cost remain
By Harrison Grubb
Hospital-insurer network threats cluster in a ‘Goldilocks zone’: Study
By Kelly Gooch
A private equity-owned hospital chain is becoming a nonprofit. Is it just a bailout for investors?
By Tara Bannow
Allina quietly started, then stopped, saving appointment slots for privately insured patients
By Christopher Snowbeck
Hampton Roads Hospitals Post Prices, but Some Rates Remain Hard to Figure Out
By Yiqing Wang
Private equity is cashing in on autism therapy. Children are paying the price.
By Beth Hawkins & Nicholas Perez
Your health insurer may already own your doctor’s office
by Damilola Esebame
Where is your healthcare dollar going?
by Janet Nguyen
Behind the growing power of No Surprises Act arbitrators
by Noah Tong
10 key questions about the proposed WakeMed-Atrium deal
By Michelle Crouch
States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices
By Alex Olgin
The Doctor Is Out: Private Equity Clinic Closures Led to Gap in Some Patients’ Care
By Ike Swetlitz
AI is now deciding who gets healthcare in 6 US states – and it's already harming patients
By Tom Knowles
State laws may be curbing private equity takeovers of physician group
by Tara Bannow
Providers notch No Surprises Act legal win that could boost their pay
By Tara Bannow
CMS' mandatory VBC programs brought substantial administrative costs for hospitals: study
By Dave Muoio
How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care
By Peter Whoriskey
Your health care bill is incomprehensible. Congress is stepping in.
By Simon J. Levien
Opponents urge Wake commissioners to block WakeMed merger with Atrium Health
By Richard Stradling
Lawmakers Target the Power of Health Insurance Giants
by Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins
Opponents warn WakeMed-Atrium merger could raise costs, reduce local control
by Flynn Snyder
Advocacy Groups Speak Out Against WakeMed’s Proposed Merger with Atrium
by Regan Butler
The Primary Care Crisis: Why many Americans can’t find a doctor and what to do about it.
By Kate Rope
Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers
By Phil Galewitz and Samantha Liss
Healthcare price transparency is necessary to improve affordability, Brown scholar tells Congress
By Corrie Pikul
By Katie Palmer
New State Laws to Bar Private Equity From Medicine Start to Show Their Teeth
by Chris Cumming
What to watch as hospital CEOs face the Hill
By Megan R. Wilson
HaloMD’s legal win highlights the difficulty of challenging arbitration decisions
By Tara Bannow
DOJ increasingly investigating health systems, claiming anticompetitive contracts
By Maia Anderson
More insurance claims denials are being overturned upon appeal, study finds
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn
More insurer denials are being overturned
Part of the Axios Vitals Newsletter Maya Goldman, Tina Reed, and Peter Sullivan
Huge Rates of Insurance Denials Get Overturned by Independent Review Experts
by Cheryl Clark
As Delaware debates primary care reform, a similar Oregon law offers insight
by Nick Stonesifer
1 big thing: The thirst for insurance trustbusting
By Caitlin Owens
Demand for autism care is soaring. The system is struggling to cope
Read the quoted study: Arnold DR, Reddy M, Cantor J, et al. Private Equity in Autism Services. JAMA Pediatr. 2026;180(3):341-343. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5443
Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
By Christopher Snowbeck
by AHIP