Hospital Financing 101: What are the Factors Driving Hospital Financial Health?
In this April 2024 webinar, we explored differences among hospitals and health systems, their operat...
Posts categorized as: Corporatization of Health Care
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Paying for Health Care: How Do We Fund U.S. Hospitals?
At our May 17 webinar, we were joined by Nicole Macri from the Washington State House of Representat...
Is Increasing Competition the Answer to Rising Health Care Costs?
On May 21, 2024, the Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms held the third in a series of in-...
How Can We Control Hospital Costs?
In this May 31, 2024, webinar, we were joined by Kim Cammarata, Senior Assistant Attorney General wi...
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care Webinar 1: What It Means for Patients And Providers
Are your constituents impacted by the corporate transformation of healthcare? Read our newest public...
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care Webinar 2: What’s Driving this Trend
Interested in understanding how your state is impacted by corporatization in health care and how you...
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care Webinar 3: How Policymakers Can Curb Harmful Practices
Want to explore policy options to address the problems caused by increased health care corporatizati...
Why Health Care Costs Are Rising: The Role of Corporatization and Bipartisan Solutions to Increase Affordability
For-profit entities are buying up health care practices and insurers, and corporate strategies aimed...
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What to Ask (About) a Hospital
A guide to better understanding organizational and financial differences across hospitals in the United States
Protecting Consumers From the Corporate Transformation of Health Care
As corporations and private equity increasingly take control of our health care systems and profits take precedence over care, patients are caught in the middle.
How Has Corporatization Transformed Your State’s Healthcare Market?
A guide for policymakers and state regulators to understand the extent of corporatization in your state and how your state regulates corporate practices in healthcare.
Blog Posts:
What to Ask (About) A Hospital 101: How to Use New Guide on Hospital Finances and Operations
Hospitals provide essential health care, so it is crucial they maintain financial viability and can ...
Why Health Care Costs Are Rising: The Role of Corporatization and Bipartisan Solutions to Increase Affordability
On October 29, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) hosted an event d...
August Research Roundup
This August, between summer weekends and back-to-school prep, CHIR dug into fresh health policy rese...
Legislative Persistence Bolsters Oversight of Hospital Consolidation in New Mexico
Historically, New Mexico had limited formal oversight of hospital transactions. In the latest State ...
State Policymakers Show Growing Interest in Ownership Transparency in 2025
As state policymakers grapple with rising commercial health care prices, they showed a growing inter...
Indiana’s Extraordinary Legislative Session Exemplifies How Incremental Efforts Can Improve Health Care Affordability
While Indiana lawmakers have been working to reduce health care costs for commercial health insuranc...
Can States Harness Market Power to Rein In Health Care Costs?
As U.S. health care spending continues to spiral higher, states are using a variety of tools to push...
The Corporate Transformation of Health Care: Takeaways from the CHIR Webinar Series
Over the last two months, CHIR hosted a three-part webinar series about the corporate transformation...
State Spotlight: New Massachusetts Law Enhances Oversight of Private Equity in Health Care
Massachusetts recently enacted a law to increase transparency and oversight of private equity in hea...
Bipartisan Reports Indicate It’s Time to Take Action Against Private Equity in Health Care
Private equity is not new to the health care sector, but recent growth in private equity investment ...