Mergers news and information

A state-engineered deal to shore up the finances of two Brooklyn, N.Y. hospitals is in jeopardy.
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Jim Doyle, CFO at Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Healthcare, discusses why the suburban Chicago hospital chose to merge with a larger rival rather stay independent. Doyle was interviewed during the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
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Despite the influx of millions of new Americans gaining coverage next year because of the healthcare reform law, the projected percentage cost increase to treat patients is expected to decline as consumers become savvier in how to spend healthcare dollars, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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The Obama administration is betting on waste control to curb rising healthcare costs. Missing from the effort is something to tackle one of the best-known causes: excessive market concentration.
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With the reform law casting intense scrutiny on costs and what drives them, the American Hospital Association wants to deflect the notion that hospital consolidation is a significant factor.
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As hospital mergers undergo increased regulatory scrutiny, the American Hospital Association is firing back with a new report suggesting most transactions are not anticompetitive.
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When Edward Hospital and Health Services, Naperville, Ill., and Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Healthcare merge July 1, Pamela Davis will be the CEO of the new health system.
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A flurry of mergers in the healthcare sector appears poised to continue, as Bausch & Lomb is said to be ready to sell itself to Valeant Pharmaceuticals of Canada for about $9 billion. A deal could be announced as soon as Tuesday, people briefed on the matter said, though they said that talks were...
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A bold plan to merge two large Michigan health systems collapsed last week. It was just the latest one to fizzle among big hospital operators looking to get bigger in transactions that might have been far-fetched just a few years ago.
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Going into the New Year, there was nothing but optimism that healthcare companies would continue the buying spree that colored 2012. But mergers and acquisitions in 2013 opened with a whimper.
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