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Hospitals' acquisitions of physician practices are often rationalized as a strategy to increase efficiency, but a Wall Street Journal report suggests the strategy can spike prices for patients and reimbursement rates for insurers.

Most surgery centers are using industry benchmarks to set goals for staff to improve processes. But some goals are harder to meet than others, and difficult benchmarks may be left unaddressed when a physician component contributes to the problem. Jean…

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