A market perspectives report from Ponder & Co. said the first quarter of 2019 exhibited the lowest quarterly volume of announced acute care hospital transactions since the fourth quarter of 2009. Not exactly bad news for providers; a new working paper found wage growth slowed after large mergers.
Drivers of the Slow Down in...
Insurers buy pharmacy providers, hospitals may be the next target.
The continued market consolidation and efforts to create an “all-in-one” approach to healthcare insurance customers may lead to carriers acquiring large hospital networks, particularly if the CVS-Aetna transaction proves to be successful and profitable, one analyst...