Consolidation In Health Care Markets RFI Response

In January 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Secretary (OS), in consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, published a document in response to a request for information (RFI). The RFI requested public comment on the impacts of the corporate ownership trend in health care. The inquiry sought to understand how certain health care market transactions executed by health systems, private insurers, private equity funds and other private investors may increase consolidation and compromise patients’ health, quality of care, and affordability, while also threatening . . .