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4 Keys to a Successful Post-merger Health System Integration
A new AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, “Assembly Required: An Operator’s Manual for Post-merger Integration,” outlines a 10-step approach to building an integrated hospital or health system after a merger.
A Hospital Operator's Manual for Post-merger Integration
Follow this 10-step approach to developing an operator’s manual for a successful health system post-merger transition.
Hospital Merger Benefits: An Econometric Analysis Revisited Executive Summary
This is the third analysis by Charles River Associates (CRA) showing that recent hospital acquisitions reduce costs and lead to improved performance on important quality indicators without an increase in revenue that may signal enhanced market power. All three analyses found that hospital acquisitions can generate substantial benefits.
Optum Rounds Out Its Home Health Portfolio as Competition Heats Up
Optum is making waves in the home health market with its strategic acquisitions. Learn about their latest moves and their implications for the post-acute care landscape.
4 Takeaways on General Catalyst’s Plan to Acquire Summa Health
The huge venture capital firm General Catalyst (GC) said it planned to buy a health system and use it as a transformation proving ground for technologies developed by its portfolio companies. GC’s recently formed business venture Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) says that it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire nonprofit Ohio-based Summa Health.
Proposals to Reduce Medicare Payments Would Jeopardize Access to Essential Care and Services for Patients
This report provides key evidence as to why site-neutral payment policies are misguided, highlighting the substantial negative impact these policies and new legislative proposals would have on access to the care that the nation’s hospitals and health systems provide.
Setting the Record Straight: Private Equity and Health Insurers Acquire More Physicians than Hospitals Infographic
Private equity, physician groups and health insurers have acquired the vast majority of physician practices during the last five years. Percentage of acquired physicians by type, 2019-2023. Private equity: 65%; Physician Medical Groups: 14%; Health Insurers: 11%; Hospitals and Health Systems: 6%; Other Services: 4%.
DOJ’s Surprise Withdrawal of the Health Care Antitrust Policy Statements
In early February 2023, a senior U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) official
abruptly announced that DOJ had withdrawn three longstanding statements of antitrust
enforcement policy in health care (Policy Statements).
VillageMD Builds Bigger Footprint in the Northeast, Expands Value-Based Care Vision
VillageMD’s recent acquisition of Connecticut-based Starling Physicians group and its 30 locations is significant.
5 Things to Know about Amazon’s Recent One Medical Acquisition
Amazon’s relentless push to become a primary care provider reached a milestone recently when the e-commerce giant completed its acquisition of One Medical for $3.9 billion.