Latest Senate health plan a winner for hospitals

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 6, 2009 at 1:40 pm

The nation’s hospital companies – a large number of whom call Middle Tennessee home – are set to come out ahead if the latest version of the Senate’s plan to reform health insurance becomes law. That’s in large part because a previous deal in which hospitals pledged to produce $155 billion in savings by 2019 still stands. In terms of sheer dollars, local players HCA and Community Health Systems would benefit most.

On the flip side, pharmacy benefit managers such as Caremark don’t have much to like from this new version: They’ll be required to disclose the incentives drug makers are paying them.

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