Category: consolidation

As independent practices vanish, experts debate the pros & cons of a consolidated market

Acquisition, Capital, consolidation, Daily, hospital, hospitals, independent, News, Payers, physician practice, Physicians, Private Equity, Sustainability, SYN, Top Story / July 20, 2021 July 20, 2021

Independent physician practices are being gobbled up by hospitals, payers and private equity, and while some see it as a boon for the practices and industry as a whole, others believe it will raise costs and block access to care.

Biden’s latest executive order aims to boost healthcare competition

Acquisitions, Biden, competition, consolidation, Daily, drug prices, executive order, hearing aids, hospital, hospitals, Legal, mergers, News, Payers, Price Transparency, surprise billing, SYN, Top Story / July 9, 2021 July 9, 2021

President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order to tackle anti-competitive behavior across American industries. With regard to healthcare, Biden is directing federal agencies to revise guidelines for hospital mergers, enable people to comparison shop health plans on the ACA marketplaces and work with states to import drugs from Canada.

Healthcare fintech M&A expected to boost patient experience, provider operations

Acquisitions, benefits, Cedar, consolidation, Daily, Finance, Health IT, News, OODA Health, patients, providers, R1 RCM, Startups, SYN, technology, Top Story, VisitPay / May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021

M&A activity in the healthcare finance technology is heating up, evidenced by large transactions such as Cedar buying OODA Health and R1 RCM buying VisitPay. Experts agree that this activity won’t end anytime soon, and it will have a positive impact on providers and patients.

Financial strain, new modes of care delivery to drive provider consolidation through 2030

Acquisitions, consolidation, Daily, Health Systems, hospitals, inpatient, mergers, News, outpatient, providers, Revenue, SYN, Top Story, virtual care / December 20, 2020 December 20, 2020

As a result of rapid consolidation, the 10 biggest health systems controlled 24% of market share based on patient revenue by 2018. The trend is expected to continue through the next decade, with health systems facing growing financial pressures and an increase in demand for new types of care delivery.

Provider consolidation continues with Intermountain merging with Sanford Health

consolidation, Daily, deal, Healthcare, hospitals, Intermountain Healthcare, merger, News, pandemic, Revenue, Sanford Health, SYN, Top Story / October 26, 2020 October 26, 2020

If the merger is approved, the combined health system would operate 70 hospitals and employ 89,000 people. Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison would lead the new system, estimated to generate about $15 billion in annual revenue.