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HOSPITALS/SYSTEMS DIGEST 2015
Data source: IMS Health © 2015
The number of hospitals in multihospital
systems (MHSs)—for-profit, not-for-profit or
government-owned chains that own two or more
facilities—edged up by 1.9% in 2013, to 3,367 from
3,304 in 2012. The growth lifted the total share of
MHS-owned hospitals to 64.6%. New Medicare
payment methods in the Affordable Care Act, as
well as earlier initiatives by commercial payers,
incentivized coordinated care and population
health management. Single hospitals sometimes
lack access to large enough populations and/
or adequate resources to meet the demands of
these initiatives, prompting many to merge with or
acquire other facilities.
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However, the 2012–2013
growth rate was the lowest since 2009–2010 (1.5%),
when Congress was debating health care reform.
HOSPITALS IN
MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEMS
Backgrounder
Number of U.S. Hospitals In and Out of MHSs, 2005–2013
LONG-TERM TREND
2,568
2,573
2,665
2,798
2,900
2,944
3,195
3,304
3,367
2,388
2,338
2,370
2,350
2,332
2,237
2,016
1,929
1,847
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
Number of Hospitals
MHS Hospitals
Non-MHS Hospitals
2,568
2,573
2,665
2,798
2,900
2,944
3,195
3,304
3,367
2,388
2,338
2,370
2,350
2,332
2,237
2,016
1,929
1,847
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
Number of Hospitals
MHS Hospitals
Non-MHS Hospitals
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Budryk, Z. (2014). Hospitals Must Consolidate, Merge to Manage Population Health. FierceHealthFinance. Retrieved from http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/hospitals-must-consolidate-merge-manage-population-health/2014-09-16