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...
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...
With more hospitals under financial pressure, healthcare mergers and acquisitions may help to keep doors open and maintain access to care, among other benefits, according to a new analysis.
The...
The American Hospital Association (AHA), the US Chamber of Commerce, and 20 other organizations have written a letter to Congress asking them to maintain the legal and regulatory structures for...
Healthcare merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is hitting a new stride: fewer, but larger deals.
That is according to the findings from consulting firm Kaufman Hall’s M&A Quarterly...
Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network have finalized their healthcare merger, creating an 18-hospital system that will provide care to Philadelphia residents.
In addition to serving...
Are rural hospitals trading obstetric and surgical care in exchange for financial stability? According to a new study published in Health Affairs, those services lines and others may be at stake...
Leading hospital groups have backed a proposed hospital merger deal between two New Jersey-based non-profit systems, arguing that a federal challenge of the proposed merger is based on a flawed...
Rural hospital mergers were associated with better patient outcomes compared to hospitals that remained independent, a study from JAMA Network Open found.
More than one in three community hospitals in...
Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health have signed a letter of intent to merge their nonprofit organizations, creating a unified health system that aims to improve access to care across six...
Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health have finalized their healthcare merger plan with a formal integration agreement and have committed to providing accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare to...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) reaffirmed its previous findings that hospital mergers and acquisitions result in reduced healthcare costs and improve care quality.
In 2019, the AHA published...
A group of North Carolina residents have filed a healthcare antitrust lawsuit against a local hospital recently acquired by HCA Healthcare.
The lawsuit acquired by Axios alleges that Mission Health,...
In a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, AHA expressed concern over the implications of UnitedHealth Group’s $8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare, which...
A district court recently granted a preliminary injunction against a proposed hospital merger between New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health.
The organizations jointly...
Medicare funds are dwindling and revenues are declining. This financial strain could result in closures and acquisitions, paving the way for hospital cost shifting.
A Harvard Medical School research...
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions have promised to bring lower costs, higher quality, and better access to care. But a new executive order is challenging the rapid pace of consolidation in...
