As if we don’t have enough problems already.

Just curious to hear if you think any of these are viable. What happens to the notion of a national EHR if we see this type of vertical or horizontal integration?

* Payors buy hospitals then “outsource” the care back to the hospitals
* Hospitals buy payors
* Hospitals buy other hospitals way outside of their network and create a “branch healthcare” model similar to that of branch banking.

What do you think?