Optum’s Vertical Integration: Impact on Healthcare Pricing & Referrals
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Optum’s Vertical Integration: Impact on Healthcare Pricing & Referrals
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Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Derek T. Lake on his recent paper exploring new research on Optum’s acquisitions, finding the company tended to buy physician practices already using ambulatory surgery centers and that its ASC acquisitions were followed by higher prices for competing insurers.
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