Revisiting Cunning Anticompetitive Hospital Contracts, With Brennan Bilberry - EP513

Podcast: Relentless Health Value · Stacey Richter

Opublikowano: 2026-05-27

The Hospital Contract Playbook: Four Clauses That Turn Market Power Into Higher Prices Across the country, hospital systems have used their growing market power to write four specific contract terms into their deals with insurers — terms that all but guarantee higher prices for employers, unions, and patients, regardless of quality or competition nearby. In this episode, Stacey Richter speaks with Brennan Bilberry, founding partner of Fairmark Partners, an antitrust law firm that has sued multiple dominant hospital systems, about exactly how those four contract terms work, clause by clause, and why they set the stage for the li...