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This week’s graphic highlights data from Kaufman Hall’s recently released 2024 Hospital and Health System M&A in Review report on the current dynamics in health system merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.

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The numbers from hospital and health system M&A activity in 2024 confirm the unevenness of recovery and the challenges that many organizations continue to face. The percentage of transactions involving a financially distressed party and the percentage of transactions involving a divestiture both reached record highs.

Partnerships with imaging companies can offer a unique value proposition for health systems looking to blend their imaging offering between hospital outpatient department and independent diagnostic testing facility settings.

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With 27 announced transactions, Q3 had the highest level of activity thus far in 2024. Total transacted revenue of more than $13 billion was the highest Q3 total in the last eight years.

Leaders of publicly owned hospitals should make an ownership model analysis a regular part of their strategic planning process. While public ownership confers many advantages, this analysis will help leadership ensure that the ownership model aligns with strategic goals and long-term viability.

As ambulatory services grow, so does competition in the area of ambulatory surgery center (ASC) management services. Health systems have an ever-expanding range of potential partners that are offering increasingly flexible alignment structures.

CMS releases results from the first round of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, Steward finds a buyer for its physician group, and employers are using price transparency data in their suits against Aetna.

Community Health Systems plans to sell its three Pennsylvania hospitals, a bankruptcy judge allows Steward Health Care to close two Massachusetts hospitals, and CMS approves North Carolina’s medical debt relief program.

As healthcare market conditions continue to stabilize after several years of pandemic-era volatility, many hospital and health system leaders are revisiting their organizations’ strategic options for long-term sustainability.

This Sg2 Perspectives podcast, featuring Kaufman Hall Senior VP Adnan Qureshi, offers insights on current trends in private equity deals and perspectives on how private equity can help healthcare.