mergers and acquisitions
Trend: Healthcare chains pick up acquisitions pace
Over the past couple of years, some of the largest hospital chains have been struggling to pay down massive amounts of debt resulting from acquisitions and mergers. But things may be changing, if... Read more...
Dialysis, cancer service firm gets $75M for deals and growth
If you haven't heard of Ambulatory Services of America, you might in the future. The Brentwood, TN-based firm, which offers alternate-site dialysis and cancer treatment centers in partnership with... Read more...
AMA, SEIU ask court to stop UnitedHealth deal
A group of opponents including the AMA and the SEIU Nevada have filed suit to stop UnitedHealth Group's planned buyout of Las Vegas-based health plan Sierra Health Services. The deal already has been... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA schedules hearings on Independence/Highmark merger; Medical college group urges caution with pharma tech freebie
> More than a year after the deal was proposed, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has (finally) scheduled hearings to review public comments on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross... Read more...
FTC works to stop VA hospital merger
The FTC, along with Virginia's attorney general, have announced that they plan to step in to block the planned the planned merger between a Virginia hospital chain and one of its current rivals.... Read more...
Medicare won't raise inpatient rehab payments soon
It's looking like Medicare isn't going to raise payments to inpatient rehab facilities anytime soon, though it will spend about $5.4 billion in fiscal 2009 for IRF care. CMS is following direction... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Sutter claims nurse strike won't affect operations; Wash. group pushes for patient care reporting; and much more...
> With thousands of its nurses poised to go on a 10-day strike, Sutter Health is telling the public that business will still go on as usual. Read more...
DC metro sees many health system mergers, expansions
Hoping to capture a share of the business in the prosperous Maryland and Virginia suburbs near DC, area health systems are building new facilities and closing merger deals at a fast clip, according... Read more...
HMA to raise $400M from hospital, stock sales
Health Management Associates plans to begin selling off some of its hospitals, as well as minority stakes in the company, to reduce its outstanding debt, the company told stock analysts this week.... Read more...
