For much of the past decade, the structure of the healthcare marketplace has shifted
toward increasing vertical integration. Insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, provider
groups, and supply chain entities have become more closely aligned under common
ownership structures. Those developments have changed how care is delivered, how
referrals move through the system, and how independent specialty practices operate.
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