There were 65 hospital and health system M&A deals announced last year, an increase from 53 in 2022. The rise reflects a growing momentum following a pandemic-related slow down, according to a recent report from Kaufman Hall.

The FTC votes to ban employee noncompete clauses, and CMS imposes nursing home staffing minimums.

Congress begins its public inquiry into Change’s cybersecurity breach, and Elevance announces a new primary care platform company.

In a new episode of "Counsel That Cares," Holland & Knight healthcare attorney Jesse Neil and Anu Singh, a managing director at Kaufman Hall, discuss the complexity of healthcare markets, the impact of COVID-19 and potential partnership models for public hospitals aiming to remain viable and fulfill their community commitment amid industry shifts.

The 20 transactions announced in Q1 2024 continued a steady climb out of the slowdown in activity experienced during the Covid pandemic, significantly exceeding the number of transactions announced in Q1 of 2021, 2022, and 2023.

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

Change Healthcare is bringing some systems back online after its cyberattack, and Kroger is selling its specialty pharmacy business to Elevance.

Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced it would partner with major health systems and invest $250 million dollars to launch healthcare-oriented high schools to address an expected shortage of workers within the industry. Many hospitals and health systems have educational programs today that aim to get young people interested in healthcare.

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.

Data sharing platform Health Gorilla surveyed more than 1,200 consumers to gauge their opinion about the privacy of their health data and which companies should be allowed to access it. It found a vast majority of respondents expressed concerns about data breaches affecting their medical records.