A study out of the University of Michigan cannot identify a clear relationship between surgical outcomes and the level of competition a hospital faces.
The study recently published in JAMA Surgery...
Independent hospital acquisitions led to higher healthcare prices for consumers and poorer care quality, a report from Elevance Health revealed.
Health systems are increasingly acquiring independent...
Private equity is gaining a foothold in healthcare despite growing evidence that its role has been detrimental to care quality and prices. But new data and even governmental concern aren't slowing private equity investments in provider...
Hospital merger and acquisition activity in the second quarter of 2023 returned to pre-pandemic levels, with 20 transactions generating $13.3 billion, a Kaufman Hall report indicated.
The 20 deals...
In the last decade, physicians have shifted away from employment opportunities at private practices and are increasingly working at hospital-owned practices, an analysis from the American Medical...
Private equity acquisitions of physician practices are becoming more common, leading to price increases ranging from 4 percent to 16 percent, data from the American Antitrust Institute (AAI)...
Healthcare spending is still on the rise, with median costs per person increasing to over $6,000 in 2021, according to a new analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).
Median per person...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have proposed changes to the premerger review process to allow more effective screenings of healthcare deals for competition...
Amedisys has announced that it plans to combine with Optum to advance value-based care for its patients.
The announcement ends the bidding war that ensued this month when Optum made a surprise...
So far this year, healthcare deal volumes have remained resilient despite several headwinds, including higher interest rates, greater antitrust scrutiny, elevated valuations, and general recessionary...
Joining a health system was associated with a loss of inpatient pediatric services at hospitals, suggesting hospital consolidation can impact access to care for children, a study published in JAMA...
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Washington Health System (WHS), a move that will help WHS maintain patient access to high-quality care.
The...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging an appeals court to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from breaking up a biotechnology acquisition, stating that the agency’s antitrust...
Health insurer policies are increasing administrative burden for independent physician practices, pushing them to seek employment in other settings and fueling physician practice acquisitions, a report...
BJC HealthCare of St. Louis (BJC) and Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City (Saint Luke’s) have signed a letter of intent to merge and form an integrated health system to improve...
Global private equity firm TA Associates has signed a definitive agreement to make a substantial growth investment in revenue cycle management (RCM) company Alpha II, according to a recent...
Aspirion recently acquired FIRM Revenue Cycle Management Services, Inc. (FIRM RCM), a company that works with hospitals to recover denied, unpaid, and underpaid claims.
The technology-enabled...
Envision Healthcare Corporation has officially filed for bankruptcy following reports last week that the physician staffing firm has $7 billion in outstanding debt.
The firm announced yesterday it...
Kaiser Permanente’s plans to acquire Geisinger Health have opened the door to new value-based opportunities. Specifically, the proposed acquisition has the potential to create an accelerated path to value-based care and lead to...
Patients who see cardiologists employed by hospitals are significantly more likely to receive high-intensity, hospital-based coronary interventions compared to patients who see independent doctors,...
