H.R. 10177
Competition in State Healthcare Markets Act
Summary:
• The bill directs the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an annual study on health care competition and consolidation at the state level for 10 consecutive years.
• The study must collect data across six metric categories, including practitioner licensing requirements, mergers and acquisitions, certificates of public advantage and need, alternative insurance availability, counts of health care entities, and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index measurements.
• Annual reports must be submitted to four congressional committees and published publicly, with interactive datasets made available on the HHS website.
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• The study must collect data across six metric categories, including practitioner licensing requirements, mergers and acquisitions, certificates of public advantage and need, alternative insurance availability, counts of health care entities, and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index measurements.
• Annual reports must be submitted to four congressional committees and published publicly, with interactive datasets made available on the HHS website.
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