WITHOUT QUESTION, today’s healthcare world is dominated by a single obvious trend: consolidation. The consequences of consolidation affect every segment of healthcare in the United States. The commercial laboratory industry had the dubious distinction of being the first major segment of healthcare to undergo consolidation. Laboratorians are still dealing with its lingering effects. Major cutbacks in […]
- "Healthcare Trends"
Curse Of Consolidation Plagues Health Providers
Healthcare’s billion-dollar behemoths struggling to achieve stability & profits
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume V No. 13 - September 28, 1998 Issue
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