The CEOs of the nation’s largest health insurers drew the ire of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during congressional hearings that went for more than nine hours Jan. 22 over industry ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...

"Vertical integration" refers to a strategic business approach where a company assumes control over the entire or select parts of its supply chain and certain phases of production. This approach to ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...