Forward integration empowers businesses to control distribution, streamline operations, and eliminate intermediaries. Learn ...

The Affordable Care Act and changing economic conditions have encouraged an increase in the integration of physicians with hospitals, or the level of contractual control hospitals have with physicians ...

A new study has painted a mixed, although somewhat negative, picture of vertical integration from the perspective of the privately insured. Professors from Stanford (Calif.) University led the study, ...

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Cape Clear Software. Change is afoot for the role and requirements of integration for modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers and enterprises ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Backward integration involves a company ...

HOUSTON - (Jan. 30, 2017) - More physicians are contracting with hospitals through different types of agreements, but the shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex than expected, ...