An offer they can't refuse. As mergers and acquisitions make a comeback, hospitals large and small are choosing consolidation over competition.
Hospital deals are heating up as summer settles in, fueled in part by Medicare reform and the "Tenet effect." One recent move by Christus Health made Alice, Texas, a one-hospital town again. Christus' Peter Maddox, left, denies that the consolidation means prices will rise. "It's not a retail world anymore," he says.
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