Insurers seized on a new study that shows hospital acquisitions have a modest impact on patient quality, while the hospital industry is rebutting the findings. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Thursday that found hospital acquisitions of another hospital led to a modest decline in the patient experience, but no significant changes to mortality or readmission rates. The study comes amid an ongoing battle between the payer and provider industries on the benefits of hospital acquisitions that have increased in recent years.
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