healthcare mergers
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What Impact Will California’s New “Transaction Review” Law Have?
California passed a law last year aimed at controlling rising healthcare costs that gave the state the ability to scrutinize healthcare deals of a certain size involving California companies. What impact can it have?
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Healthcare M&A Activity Reaches 3-Year Low, But It Might Pick Up in the Back Half of ‘23
M&A activity in the healthcare sector continued to decline in the second quarter of 2023, with the number of deals reaching its lowest point in three years. However, a new report predicted that M&A activity could increase in the second half of this year due to healthcare companies’ continually shrinking valuations and their divestitures of non-core assets.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Hospital M&A Activity Caught Up to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Q2
M&A activity among hospitals and health systems increased in Q2 of 2023 — there were 20 deals in Q2 compared to 15 deals in Q1, according to a new report. This surge brought Q2’s M&A activity levels in line with those observed before the pandemic. Q2’s 20 deal marks the highest number of announced transactions for hospitals and health systems since Q1 of 2020.
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Health Systems Will Seek More Cross-Market Mergers, But Many Will Fail
Last week, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Midwest-based UnityPoint Health signed a letter of intent to merge. One consultant thinks these kinds of announcements will continue in the coming years, but a significant chunk of these intended mergers will end up being called off due to health systems realizing they’re not ready to make the sacrifices needed to reap the benefits of a megamerger.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Health Tech
3 ways to ensure the IT budget doesn’t get lost in your healthcare merger
Leaders should be proactive about investing in IT to avoid costly issues in the future. Examine existing technology for potential risks and redundancies, assess system performance, and establish forward-looking goals and benchmarks.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics
The topsy turvy world of medtech startup exits these days
Large corporations don’t hold all the bargaining power in the world of medtech M&A these days, says a corporate venture capitalist with Boston Scientific.
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NantHealth acquiring Chicago precision medicine startup Health Heritage
Dr. William Knaus, who created Health Heritage, has been executive director for clinical research informatics at NantHealth since September.
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Geisinger hits Jersey Shore with AtlantiCare merger
The Geisinger Health System empire is bringing its model of value-based care to the Atlantic City area.
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Health IT, Devices & Diagnostics
Qualcomm acquisition continues health data integration parade
Qualcomm Life, the health and life sciences subsidiary of communications giant Qualcomm, has purchased medical device and health IT integrator Capsule Technologie for an undisclosed sum.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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GetWellNetwork buys competitor Skylight Healthcare Systems
Both GetWellNetwork and Skylight deliver educational content and communications tools to inpatients at the bedside, through televisions, computers and mobile devices.
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IBM to acquire imaging, EHR firm Merge Healthcare for $1B
IBM will re-enter the electronic health records business and also give supercomputer Watson the ability to “see” medical images, thanks to a planned $1 billion acquisition of Merge Healthcare.
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CVS Health buying Target’s pharmacies, clinics for $1.9B
CVS Health, already the nation’s No. 2 pharmacy chain and largest operator of walk-in clinics, is getting larger after agreeing to buy Target Corp.’s pharmacies and clinics for $1.9 billion.
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Modernizing Medicine expands offerings with acquisition of Aesyntix Health
Modernizing Medicine, a Florida-based developer of cloud-based electronic medical records, has acquired Aesyntix Health, a […]
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Health IT company CareTech acquired by HTC Global
HTC Global Services, a Michigan-based global IT company, recently acquired CareTech Solutions, also of Michigan, […]
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Enhancing Efficiency in your Practices: Unleashing the Power of Greenway Health’s Optimization Services
Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue.
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Payer’s Place: Don Antonucci
The CEO of Providence Health Plan visits the Payer’s Place and addresses the future of payment models.
