Health Reform in the District of Columbia

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Excerpt from Health Reform in the District of Columbia: Sale of Group Health Association, Inc, To Humana, Inc, , Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on the Proposed Sale of Group Health Association (Gha) To Humana, IncThe total number of hmos in the. United States reached a high of 647 in 1987. There has been a consolidation since that time, as a result of failures, mergers, and acquisitions. Between 1980 and 1990, there were 178 hmo failures, 148 mergers, and 147 acquisi tions. The Humana purchase of gha exemplifies this trend.The gha-humana transaction is also re¿ective of the marked decline in the number of hmos that are nonprofit entities. From 1985 to 1990, the number of nonprofit hmos declined from 256 to 188, while hmos organized for profit increased from 137 to 368.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.