{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"The Effect of Michigan Health System Mergers on Health IT","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Lv2ir6SoTs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/the-effect-of-michigan-health-system-mergers-on-health-it\/\">The Effect of Michigan Health System Mergers on Health IT<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/the-effect-of-michigan-health-system-mergers-on-health-it\/embed\/#?secret=Lv2ir6SoTs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Effect of Michigan Health System Mergers on Health IT&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"Lv2ir6SoTs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Last year, Michigan saw widespread health system mergers, with a focus on the need to deliver integrated care. Part of the change may come from a shift in how healthcare is sold, meaning a switch from the traditional fee-for-service model toward a bundled payment model has driven independent hospitals and systems toward consolidation, as noted by McGuireWoods.com. Trinity Health and Catholic Health East (CHE) signed a merger in October with an agreement to be final in Spring 2013, resulting in a combined operating revenue of $13.3 billion and assets of $19.3 billion. Within the same month, the Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System announced a letter of intent to combine, totaling $4.6 billion. According to Moody Investors, consolidation is viewed as positive overall, leading to greater efficiencies and reduced long-term hospital operating costs. However, Forbes.com presents a different view, proposing that hospital mergers actually increase health costs, which is explained further in a flowchart: Yet, still others insist that wasted dollars in the healthcare industry is due to \u2018extreme fragmentation\u2019 as Mlive.com reports, according to Charlie Whelan, healthcare director at market research firm Frost &amp; Sullivan. Merging healthcare systems intuitively seems like it would positively impact patient care...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/blogs-images.forbes.com\/aroy\/files\/2012\/09\/costflowchart4.jpg"}