Mergers and Acquisitions

AMA: Physicians Have Moved from Private to Hospital-Owned Practices

by Victoria Bailey

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 Led to Higher Prices at Physician Practices

by Victoria Bailey

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)...

Median Per Person Healthcare Spending Exceeds $6K

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

FTC Proposes Merger Review Changes that Could Impact Healthcare Deals

by Victoria Bailey

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...

Optum to Acquire Home Health, Hospice Provider Amedisys

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

Interest Rates, Recession Fears Aren’t Stopping Healthcare Deals

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

Hospital Consolidation Tied to Loss of Inpatient Pediatric Services

by Victoria Bailey

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...

UPMC, Washington Health System Sign Letter of Intent to Affiliate

by Victoria Bailey

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...

AHA Condemns FTC’s Unconstitutional Antitrust Enforcement Practices

by Victoria Bailey

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...

AHA: Health Insurer Policies Fuel Physician Practice Acquisitions

by Victoria Bailey

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, Saint Luke’s Announce Plans to Form Integrated Health System

by Victoria Bailey

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...

Private Equity Firm Invests in RCM Company Alpha II

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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 Acquires Revenue Cycle Management Company FIRM

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

Physician Staffing Firm Envision Healthcare Files for Bankruptcy

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

What Kaiser’s Acquisition of Geisinger Means for Value-Based Care

by Victoria Bailey

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...

Hospital-Physician Integration Leads to More Intense Cardiac Care

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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,...

Private Equity Firms Acquired Over 700 Oncology Practices in 20 Years

by Victoria Bailey

Private equity acquisition of oncology practices has grown in the past two decades, with over 700 clinics becoming affiliated with a private equity firm between 2003 and 2022, a study published in JAMA...

How Primary Care Acquisitions Can Advance Value-Based Care

by Victoria Bailey

As value-based care becomes the end goal for many healthcare organizations, health systems across the country are acquiring primary care practices to achieve this mission. Critical aspects of these acquisitions include ensuring that...

Intermountain Taps Surgery Partners to Manage, Grow ASCs

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Intermountain Health recently announced it signed a collaborative agreement for Tennessee-based Surgery Partners to take over management of its ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in certain markets...

Kaiser Permanente to Acquire Geisinger, Expand Value-Based Care

by Jacqueline LaPointe

California-based integrated health system Kaiser Permanente recently announced that it has agreed to acquire Geisinger Health, a 10-hospital system on the East Coast, in an effort to develop a new...