CRA economists Steven Tenn and Josh Lustig supported the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its review of the proposed merger of two Chicago-area hospital systems, Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore). The CRA team analyzed antitrust and competitive issues regarding the provision of general acute care inpatient hospital services in the North Shore area of Chicago.
A tale of two stakeholder groups in regulating healthcare AI
Despite significant spending on healthcare in the US, the industry is slow to adopt AI technology that can cut costs and improve efficiency. In this CPI...