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 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...
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 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...
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...
For the first time, HHS is releasing ownership data on all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies in an effort to increase transparency and competition in healthcare.
HHS announced...
Froedtert Health and ThedaCare have signed a letter of intent to merge in hopes of creating a roughly $5 billion health system with 18 hospitals in Wisconsin.
The two Wisconsin-based non-profit health...
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity generated $12.4 billion in the first quarter of 2023, marking a significant year-over-year increase, according to a Kaufman Hall report.
The M&A...
Workplace cultural and structural factors in clinician-owned practices that result in lower levels of staff burnout may also enable quality of care improvements, according to a recent study in JAMA...
As rural hospitals face financial instability, many facilities have persevered and remained open on their own, while others have experienced mergers or closures, a study published in Health Affairs...
Over 400 private equity firms invested in the healthcare sector in 2022, with outpatient care seeing the most deal activity, according to a report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project...
The latest debate in the healthcare merger and acquisition space surrounds healthcare giant CVS Health’s plans to acquire Oak Street Health for $10.6 billion. CVS, known for its pharmacy operations and health insurance plans, is...
Private equity firms own at least 130 rural hospitals, raising concerns about care quality, staffing levels, and financial pressures at these facilities, according to a report from the Private Equity...
The health system formally known as Intermountain Healthcare has gone through a rebranding of its name, dropping the “care” to emphasize its role in keeping people healthy.
The 33-hospital...
Healthcare private equity activity remained strong despite rising interest rates, high inflation, and other market factors, according to a new report from Bain & Company.
During the first half of...
Healthcare merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has regained momentum, ending 2022 with 53 announced transactions and more than $45 billion in total transacted revenue, reports Kaufman Hall.
The...
Editor's note: a previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the transaction's value was $8.9 million instead of $8.9 billion.
VillageMD has finalized its $8.9 billion acquisition...
HHS is releasing ownership data on all Medicare-certified hospitals in a bid to promote competition in a highly consolidated industry.
“At President Biden’s direction, this Administration...
Experts are predicting that the healthcare industry will see substantial merger and acquisition activity in 2023, despite most sectors facing headwinds in 2022, according to data from PwC.
PwC’s...
Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health have finalized a hospital mega-merger, creating a 67-hospital system across parts of the South and Midwest.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium announced on...
