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M&A Quarterly Activity Report: Q2 2021
Merger and acquisition activity for the second quarter of 2021 included 14 transactions. At $8.5 billion, total transacted revenue for Q2 remains high, as health systems focus less on acquisitions of smaller independent hospitals and more on regional partnerships with systems in new markets.
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Portfolio Optimization Strategies to Build Resiliency
A focus on resiliency requires blending vertical and horizontal perspectives on components of an organization’s portfolio of clinical services and strategic initiatives.
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Successful Merger Integration: A Strategic Approach
Integration planning should begin with the development of a strong business case & continues through the pre-close transition and the onset of the new org's combined operation.
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Quarterly Healthcare M&A Reports
M&A Quarterly Activity Report: Q2 2021
Merger and acquisition activity for the second quarter of 2021 included 14 transactions. At $8.5 billion, total transacted revenue for Q2 remains high, as health systems focus less on acquisitions of smaller independent hospitals and more on regional partnerships with systems in new markets.
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2020 M&A in Review: COVID-19 as Catalyst for Transformation
2020 was off to a strong start in hospital merger and acquisition activity, with the number of announced transactions in Q1 among the highest seen in the past four years. Then the COVID...
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Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions Activity Report: Q3 2020
Average size of seller by annual revenues remains at historically high levels, at just under $400 million in Q3. Read more in our report!
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Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions Activity Report: Q2 2020
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.
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Fall 2021 Kaufman Hall Report: Highlights from the 2021 Healthcare Leadership Conference
Read the Fall 2021 Kaufman Hall Report for highlights from the HLC 2021 conference and key findings from the 2021 Healthcare Consumerism Survey.
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Benefits of Integration: Healthcare in a Time of Rapid Transformation
Partnerships, affiliations, mergers, and acquisitions have been—and will continue to be—an essential tool for hospitals and health systems as they have worked to build integrated health systems that can respond and adapt to a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
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M&A Quarterly Activity Report: Q3 2021
Transaction volume for hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions was lower in Q3 2021 compared with pre-pandemic levels, but average seller size by revenue and total transacted revenue remain high.
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M&A Quarterly Activity Report: Q2 2021
Merger and acquisition activity for the second quarter of 2021 included 14 transactions. At $8.5 billion, total transacted revenue for Q2 remains high, as health systems focus less on acquisitions of smaller independent hospitals and more on regional partnerships with systems in new markets.
Research Report
Board Dialogue: Podcast with Ken Kaufman - Episode 3: Overcoming the Board’s Post-Pandemic “Languishing”
On this episode, Ken Kaufman, Chair of Kaufman Hall, and Michael Peregrine, Partner at McDermott, discuss the board’s top post-pandemic governance and leadership challenges.
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Kaufman Hall featured on American Health Law Association podcast
C-suite leaders discuss some of the disruptors that hospitals and health systems face as the industry grapples with the effects of the pandemic and strategies to evolve and address the challenges ahead.
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Portfolio Optimization Strategies to Build Resiliency
A focus on resiliency requires blending vertical and horizontal perspectives on components of an organization’s portfolio of clinical services and strategic initiatives.
Research Report
Healthcare Merger & Acquisition Activity Report: Q1 2021
One year ago, Q1 2020 was closing with an emerging awareness of the pandemic that was about occur. The quarter ended with a relatively high number of announced transactions, but with very few large transactions, leaving average seller size by revenue at just $172 million for the quarter.
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Winter 2021 Kaufman Hall Report: Equity - To Advance You Have to Advance
In this issue of the Kaufman Hall Report, Kaufman Hall Chair Ken Kaufman discusses insights from the circumstances that enabled Becky Hammon to become the first woman to act as head coach during an NBA regular-season game, and the promotion of Kim Ng as General Manager for the Miami Marlins.
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2020 M&A in Review: COVID-19 as Catalyst for Transformation
2020 was off to a strong start in hospital merger and acquisition activity, with the number of announced transactions in Q1 among the highest seen in the past four years. Then the COVID...
Research Report
Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions Activity Report: Q3 2020
Average size of seller by annual revenues remains at historically high levels, at just under $400 million in Q3. Read more in our report!
Research Report
Kaufman Hall featured on Hospital Finance Podcast
Kaufman Hall Managing Director Courtney Midanek recently joined the Hospital Finance Podcast and host Michael Passanante to explore key highlights from the Q2 M&A Report. Listen now!
Podcast
2020 M&A Snapshot: Laboratory Services Outlook and Trends
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.
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Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions Activity Report: Q2 2020
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.
Research Report