Vertical integration in healthcare, or direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems, has become increasingly popular. But this type of merger and acquisition is leading to...
Hospital merger and acquisition activity was significantly down in the first quarter of 2021 despite larger-than-average transaction sizes, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall.
Hospitals and...
A Superior Court of California judge has granted preliminary approval for a $575 million antitrust settlement Sutter Health proposed to resolve a case alleging that it engaged in anticompetitive...
A proposed healthcare merger between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- based Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania and New Jersey has cleared the “final hurdle” now...
Two of Rhode Island’s predominant health systems are officially joining forces to create a healthier state with the help of Brown University.
In an announcement released yesterday, Lifespan and...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans to study the effects physician group mergers and other recent healthcare facility consolidation deals have had on competition.
In the Jan. 14...
Despite delivering an economic blow to provider organizations, the pandemic confirmed the “strategic rationale” for healthcare mergers and acquisitions, according to consulting firm Kaufman...
The top ten largest health systems now control nearly a quarter market share because of rapid health system consolidation and this trend is likely to continue as care delivery evolves, reveals a new...
A federal district court has thrown out a case brought on by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging a proposed healthcare merger deal between Jefferson Health and Einstein Health Network would...
Just weeks after announcing a potential healthcare merger deal, Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health based in South Dakota have called off all talks about the deal.
The announcement...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a lawsuit in federal court to prevent a $350 million healthcare acquisition deal involving two Memphis, Tennessee-based hospitals owned by Tenet...
So far, 2020 has been a transformational year in more ways than one. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the healthcare industry to find new ways to deliver high-quality care to patients during a...
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Bureau of Economics recently unveiled a revamped Merger Retrospective Program that will expand and formalize the Bureau’s retrospective research...
Hospitals acquired by private equity firms are either charging more for common services, such as inpatient stays and emergency department visits, reducing operating costs, or both after acquisition,...
So far, only 8 percent of physicians have closed their practice as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey. But many more believe that number will skyrocket, particularly among...
Provider consolidation into vertically integrated health systems increased substantially from 2016 to 2018, according to a recent Datawatch study published in Health Affairs.
More than half of...
While COVID-19 has resulted in substantial revenue losses for healthcare providers, the pandemic has had less of a dramatic impact on hospital merger and acquisition activity. In fact, the crisis has...
Two of the largest health systems in the Midwest – Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health – are exploring a possible healthcare merger deal.
“Following approval last week by the...
Nearly a year ago, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital groups decided to walk away from healthcare merger and acquisition talks. But the recent COVID-19 crisis is prompting health system leaders...
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is seeking to cut ties with Providence Health nearly four years after the Renton, Washington-based health system merged with an organization with which Hoag was...
