Michigan Business Beat | Brian Peters MHA - Details on Trending Healthcare Market Activity

Chris Holman welcomes back Brian Peters, CEO, of MHA, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Lansing, MI. For their discussion, Chris wanted to find out several things from Brian: There was big news last week with an announced joint venture between Henry Ford and Ascension. It seems like hospitals have been in the news a lot in recent years related to hospitals consolidating into larger systems. What is driving these activities? How does hospital and health system consolidation impact access to care, particularly for rural Michigan? What are the benefits of hospital mergers and acquisitions? Do they lead to increased healthcare costs? Do you anticipate we will continue to see more activity like this in the near future? Anything else on this topic or coming up for the MHA that you’d like to share?