State Policy Experts Offer Model Health Care Consolidation Bill

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has put together a model bill that would grant state attorneys general and health officials the authority to impose conditions on or even veto potentially harmful consolidation transactions health care market entities attempt to finalize, including transactions spearheaded by pharmacy benefit managers. Released last month, the model bill seeks to close gaps in state officials’ reviews of consolidation transactions that are likely to reduce health care access, increase costs or are otherwise...