Repair for a broken market: the medical service company.
Sky-rocketing costs are fueling debate over whether market mechanisms can work for the healthcare services industry. The market for health care certainly seems to be broken. Value is decreasing, services are fragmented and costly transactions among providers are exacting a great toll in efficiency and service. Perhaps ironically, this situation presents a golden opportunity for providers who understand that the market is merely responding to the combined stimuli of inflated demand and excessive regulation. We believe that Medical Service Companies, which unite physicians and hospitals under one corporate roof, can reduce market friction, improve the responsiveness of providers and provide better value than traditional provider organizations.
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Booz Allen Health Care, London.
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