Medium and large hospitals with low profit margins were more likely to experience ownership changes between 2016 and 2021 compared to their smaller and more profitable counterparts, according to a new...
New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health have terminated their hospital merger agreement after a federal appeals court blocked the deal from moving forward.
In March 2022, the...
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity hit a record low during the first quarter of 2022, with the industry seeing only 12 transactions totaling $2.95 billion, according to a report from Kaufman...
Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health have finalized their healthcare merger to create one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country.
The merged health system consists of 33...
Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group’s diversified health services company, Optum, have announced that they will extend their healthcare merger agreement to December 31, 2022.
UnitedHealth...
Hospitals saw higher operating margins, decreases in costs per adjusted discharges, and increased inpatient utilization following private equity acquisitions, according to a Health Affairs study sent...
A federal appeals court has blocked the proposed hospital merger between New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health, stating that the merger would hurt competition and increase...
A federal jury has sided with Sutter Health in an antitrust class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed that the health system drove up insurance premiums through anticompetitive tactics, Reuters...
Receiving care from higher-priced hospitals only led to better health outcomes when the facility was in a relatively unconcentrated market. There was no association between high prices and mortality at...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit to block the merger between UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare.
The complaint states that the proposed $13 billion transaction in which...
Six Connecticut residents have filed a healthcare antitrust lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare (HHC), alleging that the health system used unlawful and anticompetitive methods to charge payers and...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division announced plans to modify current merger guidelines across all industries to prevent anticompetitive...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions were down in 2021 as industry leaders faced another year battling the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from Kaufman Hall shows.
There were 49 transactions announced by...
California-based Providence and Hoag have announced that they will end their affiliation established about a decade ago.
“Although we are formally parting ways, we will have other opportunities...
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Edward-Elmhurst Health have finalized a hospital merger deal, creating the third-largest health system in Illinois, according to a recent announcement.
The...
Physician compensation may hinge on your gender and where you practice, two studies published in the December 2021 edition of Health Affairs suggest.
One study analyzed data from over 80,000 full-time...
According to a JAMA Health Forum study, nursing homes acquired by private equity firms have been associated with lower quality long-term care and higher Medicare costs in comparison to for-profit...
LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare have announced the formation of a new healthcare company operating under the name ScionHealth. The news was announced after the closing of their previously...
Private equity’s increased involvement in healthcare has raised some questions, but a new study in Health Affairs shows how private equity in healthcare is impacting service lines at acute care...
AdventHealth and Ascension recently announced that they are looking to unwind a longstanding partnership that resulted in the creation of a joint operating company that serves the healthcare needs of...
