LAWMAKERS: Scrutinize Provider Consolidation

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

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On March 18, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health held its third hearing in an ongoing series on healthcare affordability, titled “Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U.S. Provider Landscape.”

This Health Capital Topics article examines the key themes that emerged from the hearing, including the ongoing decline of independent physician practice, legislative approaches to Medicare physician payment reform, and the intensifying bipartisan scrutiny of hospital consolidation. (Read more…)

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