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2018 M&A in Review: A New Healthcare Landscape Takes Shape
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity in 2018 points to a continued focus on strategic over opportunistic growth. The emergence of new competitors with the scale and capital resources to quickly build a presence in the markets they decide to enter has created a new imperative for strategic growth, as hospitals and health systems seek to obtain the expertise, data, and technology needed to engage and remain relevant to consumers.
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What's Your Lab Strategy?
Until recently, many hospital and health systems have counted on relatively stable margins from outreach laboratory departments. However, the economics of lab testing are changing dramatically due to depressed volume, declining payment rates, and accelerated consolidation.
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Before the Ink Dries: Use Partnership Planning to Speed Synergy Benefits Post-Closing
Pre-merger partnership planning offers a value-add, whether the organization is an acquirer, acquiree, equal partner, or joint-venture affiliate.
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Interested in Acquiring a Hospital? 8 Best Practices to Know About
As value-driven population healthcare takes hold, the most sought-after health systems will be those that can offer superior quality, access, and patient experience and loyalty at an efficient cost for a full or partial continuum of services within a region.
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Industry Flash Reports
Industry Flash Report: Managed Care 2018
Consistent membership and premium growth by U.S. payer markets is expected to continue, according to new Kaufman Hall research. Premiums for the U.S. managed care market were estimated at $2.9 trillion for 2017.
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Industry Flash Report: Home Health and Hospice Services 2018
Many leading health systems focused on risk-based Medicare payment are actively seeking to enhance and broaden their home health and hospice operations organically or through partnerships.
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Industry Flash Report: Laboratory Services August 2018
Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and market disruptions.
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Our News and Recent Media Coverage
Healthcare Provider Mergers Reshaping the Landscape as Size of Transacting Parties Continues to Grow, Says New Kaufman Hall M&A Report
Seven transactions involved sellers with net revenues over $1 billion, signaling continued focus on strategic over opportunistic growth
The trend of mergers between large healthcare provider organizations continued in 2018, as the average size in revenue of sellers (defined as the smaller of two organizations in a transaction) reached $409 million, according to Kaufman Hall’s new report, 2018 M&A in Review: A New Healthcare Landscape Takes Shape. This is the highest figure seen since Kaufman Hall began tracking this metric in 2008. It also represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 14 percent in the average size of sellers by revenue since 2008.
Kaufman Hall Advises MUSC Health on Acquisition of Four Hospitals from CHS
Community Health Systems, Inc. announced that subsidiaries of the Company have signed a definitive agreement to sell four South Carolina hospitals
Kaufman Hall Advised INTEGRIS Health on Acquisition of AllianceHealth Deaconess Hospital
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced on October 1 that an affiliate of the Company has completed the sale of 238-bed AllianceHealth Deaconess hospital
Kaufman Hall advises Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System on Acquisition
Community Health Systems, Inc. announced on October 11, 2018 that subsidiaries of the Company have signed a definitive agreement to sell the two-hospital Mary Black Health System and related businesses