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Hospitals
Hospital M&A deal volume returns to pre-pandemic levels as systems seek out complementary services
Twenty new hospital merger and acquisition deals were unveiled during the second quarter of 2023, the most since 2018. Hospital…
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Hospitals
FTC sues to block two ‘anticompetitive’ hospital mergers in Utah and New Jersey
By Dave Muoio – June 3, 2022 The Federal Trade Commission is pumping the brakes on a pair of health system…
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Financial
Healthcare Dealmakers—Athenahealth sells for $17B; Tenet drops $1.2B on ASCs
by Dave Muoio | December 2, 2021 Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and…
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Financial
AHA tells Congress that stricter merger laws may cause economic harm
The group contended that any concerns with antitrust enforcement should be addressed by providing additional resources to enforcement agencies. October…
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Financial
Carbon Health acquires two major clinic chains to further primary care expansion
The acquisitions are calculated to make Carbon one of the largest national healthcare providers, with an emphasis on access. August…
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Financial
AHA presses for meeting with federal agencies as scrutiny of hospital deals ramps up
by Robert King | Aug 18, 2021 The American Hospital Association (AHA) wants to make its case to the Biden administration that hospital…
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Hospitals
Provider groups call Biden executive order on hospital mergers, noncompete clauses misguided and unnecessary
by Robert King | Jul 12, 2021 Providers are calling President Joe Biden’s executive order to ratchet up scrutiny of hospital mergers and…
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Hospitals
Executive order calls for DOJ, FTC to review hospital merger guidelines
by Robert King | Jul 9, 2021 President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order Friday that presses the federal government to review and revise…
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Financial
COVID-19 spurs rise in hospital mega mergers, finds Kaufman Hall
Average seller size by revenue was $676 million, well above historical averages for the first quarter and for recent year-end…
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COVID-19
Healthcare M&A’s down in 2020 but analysts say COVID-19 is a catalyst for future deals
January 14, 2021 / Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor The financial and operational fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic was felt deeply by the…
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COVID-19
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are down, but not as much as anticipated
July 2, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on hospital finances, exemplified by…
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Financial
Global medical devices industry M&A deals total $413.18m in January 2020
Total medical devices industry M&A deals in January 2020 worth $413.18m were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database. The…
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Healthcare Vantage
Study: Hospital Mergers Generating Value for Patients, Communities
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 27, 2019 Charles River Associates has augmented its 2017 report with new research titled,…
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Financial
Hospital mega-mergers continue to drive near-historic M&A activity
TARA BANNOW / July 22, 2019 Health system mega-mergers continue to push deal activity to near-historic levels, evidenced by the…
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Hospitals
Rush, Swedish Covenant talk merger
March 07, 2019 / Stephanie Goldberg The Rush System for Health and Swedish Covenant Health are exploring a merger, in the…
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