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Interfaith and Brooklyn Hospital merger unravels
By Barbara Benson, Crain's New York Business | June 19, 2013
A state-engineered deal to shore up the finances of two Brooklyn, N.Y. hospitals is in jeopardy.
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Video News: Live@HFMA 2013 interview with Elmhurst Memorial's Jim Doyle (3:26)
By Modern Healthcare | June 19, 2013
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 ACA, report predicts decline in medical-cost trend for 2014
By Jonathan Block | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Is hospital consolidation overlooked cost factor?
By New York Times | June 12, 2013
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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On the defense | AHA says most mergers aren't anti-competitive
By Beth Kutscher | June 08, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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AHA says most hospital mergers not anticompetitive
By Beth Kutscher | June 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Merging Ill. hospitals announce leadership plans
By Rachel Landen | June 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Bausch & Lomb said to be near $9 billion sale to Valeant
By New York Times | May 25, 2013
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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Dead, delayed, done | Failed merger efforts reflect increased activity
By Melanie Evans | May 25, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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Tempered buying | Firms broker fewer first-quarter deals than expected
By Beth Kutscher | May 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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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