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Hospital groups grow with insurer, private equity partners
To adapt to the ever-changing healthcare environment, hospital groups will get bigger with hospitals teaming up with other facilities, insurers and for-profit companies, according to a new report by
Hospital mergers not for everyone
Consolidation isn't good business for everyone, a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report warns. Even though healthcare mergers and acquisitions were up in 2011 with 980 deals worth $227.4 billion, the
New Jersey a hotbed for hospital consolidation
With major announcements from five North Jersey hospitals this week to sell or merge, the state is shaping up to be hotbed for consolidation activity, succumbing to a competitive marketplace.
Largest Catholic health system to buy Alexian Brothers
St. Louis's massive, $15 billion Catholic health system, Ascension Health, announced yesterday its plan to merge with Chicago's Alexian Brothers Health System, the Chicago Tribune reports. Financial
Sentara acquires another independent hospital
The ever-growing Sentara Healthcare will acquire another independent hospital, announced Martha Jefferson Hospital on Wednesday. This marks Sentara's third merger with an independent hospital in less
Hospital mergers exacerbate already tense relations with insurers
Expect to see more mergers driven by the healthcare overhaul, industry watchers say. One prominent example is Johns Hopkins Medicine, which is reaching further south to extend its turf. Last year, it
Case study: ND system must cut $15M in costs
It's a sign of the times. Struggling with the boogeymen faced by most of its peers, including inadequate reimbursement and rising uncompensated care levels, Fargo, N.D.-based MeritCare Health System
