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The U.S. physician group sector includes approximately 195,000+ physician groups. These groups had combined 2018 revenues of $281 billion, up 0.9 percent from 2017.

Since we published our last Laboratory Services, the dominant issue for laboratory services—and all of healthcare—has been the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.

Hospital operating EBITDA margins fell 174% year over year in April and remained down 9% year-over-year in May. Read more about what this means for M&A in Q2 2020.

The COVID-19 crisis might accelerate a trend in recent years toward new or enhanced partnerships between health plans and providers. Read more.

Toward the end of the first quarter of 2020, the nation was struck with an unprecedented set of events triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about what this meant for healthcare M&A transactions in Q1 2020.

There was an attempt in a recent report to discredit consolidation in the hospital sector. The reality is it's impossible to determine from this opaque subset of hospital mergers that hospital consolidation as a whole is a good or a bad idea. Read more.

Home health is the new frontier in value-based medicine. Read more about how a strategic partnership can help your healthcare organization.

Healthcare transactions announced in Q3 2019 exceeded the number announced in Q2 2019. Read more on the latest M&A news!

PAMA, pathologist shortages, and an intensifying push for price transparency all indicate changes in the future of laboratories. Read more about 2020 trends.

A number of significant transactions kept the quarter on pace with recent growth trends in total transacted revenue. Read more in Q2 2019's M&A report.

With seven deals in 2018, Florida was second only to Texas in the number of state-level transactions last year. Florida is now one of the most active markets in the country, with the number of 2018 transactions roughly double that seen from 2013 through 2017.

Merger and acquisition activity for hospitals and health systems got off to a strong start in 2019, with approximately half the transactions for the first quarter announced in January.

Depending on the market, organizations face increased competition from large, integrated companies—or looming pressure from new tech-savvy entrants like Amazon and Google that are unencumbered by the operating challenges and fixed-cost infrastructures of legacy healthcare providers.

Mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships with physician groups accelerated in 2018, topping the already-historically-high transaction numbers of 2017.

Founded in 1917 by six Seattle physicians, The Polyclinic grew to become one of the largest independent multispecialty physician groups in the Greater Seattle area. Serving more than...

The U.S. physician group sector includes approximately 195,000+ physician groups. These groups had combined 2018 revenues of $281 billion, up 0.9 percent from 2017.

Watch this webinar to hear perspective regarding recent M&A trends focused on strategic over opportunistic growth as healthcare organizations look to improve patient outcomes, reduce...

Significantly larger scale is mandatory for most healthcare organizations going forward. Proactive organizations are rigorously pursuing a variety of partnerships to catapult their size...

Healthcare merger and acquisition activity in 2018 points to a continued focus on strategic over opportunistic growth. Hospitals and health systems seek to obtain the expertise, data, and technology needed to engage and remain relevant to consumers. Read more!

Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and market disruptions. Projected losses for public lab companies were...

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...

Growth in the ambulatory surgery market is continuing at a rapid pace in 2018, with the sector generating more than $25 billion in combined annual revenue. Hospitals and health systems...

Discover alternatives for physician groups that are open to considering creative partnership approaches.

Hear from executives from Summa Health to learn about their recent decision to enter into a 60/40 majority-owned joint venture involving the organization’s home health/hospice...

Physician group transactions were robust in 2017, up 37 percent over 2016 and nearly double the number of deals recorded just two years ago. Read this new M&A Snapshot from Kaufman Hall...

Exclusive details and analysis of this unprecedented year in M&A, marking a turning point for healthcare.

Learn why 2017 has been appropriately tagged as a transformative year for healthcare deal-making, and the implications.

Governance plays a central role as 2 CEOs join forces to form a broader system to take on today’s healthcare challenges. Read this article for more details on the 6 essential practices for partner success.

The US economic climate, unsustainable spending on healthcare, an evolving insurance market, technological advances, and increased healthcare decision making by Internet-empowered consumers accelerated the emergence of a new business model.