Partnerships Go Bold as Organizations Face New Challenges

At a transformational moment for not-for-profit healthcare, recent trends in partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions indicate that hospitals and health systems are exploring increasingly bold strategies to meet new challenges.

This article considers three key trends:

1) Rapid escalation in the size of partnership transactions

2) Growth in the number of cross-regional partnerships

3) Emerging discussions of new affiliate models that support the continued independence of small and mid-sized health systems

Kaufman Hall has partnered with The Governance Institute on this article.