Kocher: Provider consolidation lets hospital systems raise prices and delay productivity reforms
Bob Kocher · 20 VC 074: The Future of Healthcare with Bob Kocher, Partner @ Venrock · Sep 23, 2015 · at 8:28
Bob Kocher, Partner at Venrock, outlines how healthcare consolidation enables pricing power that buffers hospitals from needing productivity-enhancing technology.
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“We've had a lot of consolidation on, on the provider side which allows those systems to raise prices and therefore feel less pressure on productivity.”
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