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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.

A judge orders a partial, preliminary injunction of the FTC’s noncompete ban, Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic announce plans to combine, and CMS proposes a nearly 3% cut to Medicare physician pay for 2025.

Evolving industry dynamics will prompt further consolidation among not-for-profit life plan communities, especially as organizations look to add scale to their platforms. This activity will have strategic implications for LPC organizations of all sizes.

M&A activity in Q2 2024 slowed from a very busy Q1, with 11 announced transactions. Several large transactions in the quarter, however, generated an average seller size by revenue that significantly exceeded year-end averages dating back to 2017.

Health systems are faced with two conflicting realities. The first is that partnerships will continue to be a necessary and critical part of healthcare strategy. The second is that antitrust enforcement will continue to create strong barriers to these same partnerships.

The decision to partner with another health system is always a high-stakes decision for a board. The creation of a community foundation is one way to ensure that a health system’s focus on its community remains intact, with new potential to improve the lives of community residents.

The Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and Federal Trade Commission recently issued a request for information on consolidation in healthcare markets. Kaufman Hall raises several concerns regarding assumptions and methodologies underlying the request.

In a recent Becker's Healthcare Podcast, Kaufman Hall’s Adnan Qureshi joins Scott Becker in a discussion that provides insight into his background, ASCs & outpatient growth, ASC partnerships that he’s currently focusing on, and much more.

Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health closes its Geisinger acquisition, and Optum plans to purchase Steward Health’s physician network.

Watch this complementary webinar as our experts Kristofer Blohm, Eb LeMaster, and Cournty Midanek discuss navigating the operating environments at hospitals and health systems as our market shifts.

Our summer Rating Agency Webinar covers several important topics, including year-to-date rating activity through the first half of 2023 and what it tells us about the state of the industry.