The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) finding that vertical integration is “not a problem in and of itself” but has urged consideration be given to ...

Vertical integration allows health organizations to coordinate care seamlessly. When hospitals, primary care providers, specialists, and pharmacies operate within a unified network, information flows ...

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 ...