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How to track the health care consolidation trend in your community
posted 11/17/2016
Regulators are currently weighing a merger proposal from two major health care providers in Santa Barbara County, Calif. Reporter Alex Kacik has tracked the story closely, and offers tip for others covering the consolidation trend.
In Santa Barbara, worries abound over planned health care merger
posted 03/07/2016

The two largest health care providers in southern Santa Barbara County have announced plans to merge. How would such a move impact the cost, quality and access to care for the region's residents? Hospital mergers elsewhere have resulted in prices — but not necessarily quality — going up.

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How to track the health care consolidation trend in your community
Regulators are currently weighing a merger proposal from two major health care providers in Santa... more »
posted 11/17/16
In Santa Barbara, worries abound over planned health care merger
The two largest health care providers in southern Santa Barbara County have announced plans to... more »
posted 03/07/16

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Project: Calif. healthcare providers call off vertical merger amid rising scrutiny
Critics were concerned that the merger would increase the clout of the providers in an already concentrated market and lead to higher health care costs.
Project: Cottage-Sansum merger proposal tests virtues of integration
The proposed merger of Cottage Health, operator of the only hospitals in South Santa Barbara County and the Santa Ynez Valley, with Sansum Clinic, the largest physician practice in the area, raises questions about cost, quality and access to care.
Project: Santa Barbara merger could drive up region's cost of health care
The Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General have spent more than three years examining the merger proposal to weigh antitrust concerns.