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Redefining the Safety Net

Should California establish a Basic Health Program for certain low-income residents? CHCF's Marian Mulkey captures a recent policy conversation in a Health Affairs blog.

Accountable Care in Action

A new post on the Health Affairs blog details how CalPERS kept costs down in Sacramento through a "virtual" ACO with insurers and providers.

Career Opportunity: Senior Program Officer

This position will play a major role in furthering the goals and objectives of the foundation's Better Chronic Disease Care program.

Hospitals

Monday, August 23, 2010

Sutter Health Prices Exceed Competitors', Analysis Finds

Prices at Sutter Health -- a health care system that manages 24 hospitals and 3,500 physicians and has $8.8 billion in revenue -- are higher than those at neighboring health care facilities because it controls more than a third of the market in about a dozen counties, according to an analysis of Sutter records and insurance executive statements. Sutter's market power allows the system to charge prices that are 40% to 70% higher than its competitors.



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