Louisiana-based Ochsner Health System and Lafayette General Health announced on Wednesday their intentions to merge in a deal that would create the largest and most comprehensive health system in the...
A majority of metropolitan areas have highly concentrated hospital markets, and most of those areas saw the level of market concentration increase since 2012, according to a new report from the Health...
Two House Representatives are questioning a bankruptcy judge’s decision to approve the sale of Hahnemann University Hospital’s medical residency program following the hospital...
When hospitals acquire physician practices or physicians become employed by hospitals costs rise despite little change in care quality, a new study of physician-hospital integration by experts at Rice...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions reduce healthcare costs and improve care quality, according to a new report commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
Specifically, the report prepared...
A California law that addresses surprise medical bills by setting out-of-network payment rates increased the bargaining power of insurers in the state, causing the payers to lower or cancel contracts...
Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare and Evergreen Park, Illinois-based Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers recently announced talks surrounding a full hospital merger.
The July...
Overall hospital merger and acquisition (M&A) activity moderated in the second quarter of 2019, but the size of the deals increased, consulting firm Kaufman Hall recently reported.
Hospitals and...
Hospitals in Florida no longer face certificate of need (CON) requirements for building facilities or launching services, such as comprehensive medical rehabilitation, neonatal intensive care, organ...
Sanford Health and UnityPoint Health signed a letter of intent to explore a hospital merger deal that would create an $11 billion integrated system in America’s Heartland, the two organizations...
There is strength in numbers – at least when it comes to the hospital supply chain after a merger.
Hospitals and health systems are increasingly engaging in merger deals with like-sized...
Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare is backing out of a hospital merger deal with Care New England (CNE) after Rhode Island’s governor called for a more local solution.
In a statement on her...
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Health is no longer pursuing a more integrated hospital affiliation with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems that operates...
Healthcare merger and acquisition (M&A) professionals cited political uncertainty as the factor most likely to sink deals in the coming year, but an upcoming presidential election is not slowing...
Antitrust enforcers should be as aggressive as possible when challenging healthcare mergers, especially deals that go beyond the traditional horizontal combination, said the Federal Trade Commissioner...
Ohio-based Bon Secours Mercy Health is looking to expand its footprint across the world by engaging in a hospital merger with Ireland’s largest private health system.
On April 30, the Catholic...
Academic medical centers (AMCs) will have to implement new business models to remain profitable and competitive in the wake of healthcare consumerism, new industry entrants, provider consolidation, and...
Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly analysis of hospital merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shows that 2019 is off to a strong start. In the first quarter of 2019, hospitals and health system...
Hospital merger and acquisition (M&A) activity hit the lowest quarterly volume since the end of 2009, a new report from the healthcare financial advisory firm Ponder & Co reveals.
Hospitals...
How hospital mergers and acquisitions impact care quality and costs in a market is still up for debate, but new research from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University presents...
