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hospital M&A

Catholic Healthcare West Drops Church Affiliation

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Anne Zieger

In a move I wouldn’t be surprised to see imitated, big religious hospital chain Catholic Healthcare West has broken its official ties with the Roman Catholic Church, though it will continue to include both Catholic and non-Catholic facilities in its … Continue reading →

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Small-Hospital Mergers A Signal That Crisis Is Upon Us

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

If you’re wondering how healthy an industry is, look at how many smaller players are selling out. And if the smaller players are bailing like rats from the proverbial ship, consider that industry to be in crisis. That’s my theory, … Continue reading →

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Hospital Strategic Partnerships Avoid Mergers, But Create Other Pain Points

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

This is one of those periods in health biz history when M&A looks especially attractive.  What CEO wouldn’t give a second thought to getting acquired and picking up a bundle of cash when they’re struggling to survive? In fact, one … Continue reading →

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Hospital M&A Getting Tough (But Misguided) Scrutiny From Lawmakers

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

As us in “the biz” know, the pace of hospital M&A isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. Hospitals are huddling together to scale up for countless reasons. The reasons for hospital consolidation are just about unstoppable, of course, as … Continue reading →

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Adding mini-hospital resolves clash between religious, secular facilities

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

As secular, for-profit hospital chains merge with rule-bound religious facilities, patients are facing restrictions on their care that they hadn’t faced before. While for-profit hospitals will perform virtually any legal medical procedure, hospitals owned by religious institutions often impose faith-based … Continue reading →

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FTC: This Merger Looks So Good, It Has To Be Illegal

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

If you’re as cynical as I am, it’s not hard to take a certain amusement in the goings-on in Toledo over the merger between an aggressive for-profit hospital chain and a suburban not-for-profit. Over the past few months, the Federal … Continue reading →

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Hospital merger mania on the rise across the U.S.

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

As I reported a few days ago, hospital mergers and acquisitions hit a historic high last year.  This is shaping up to be a pretty frenzied year for hospital M&A as well.  In fact, this may be the year that … Continue reading →

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Big hospital chains have outlived their usefulness

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

Regardless of what Community Health Systems execs may think, big, massive, overstuffed hospital mergers aren’t going to work in the next decade.  No amount of economies of scale will make up for the dollars health systems will lose if they … Continue reading →

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Tenet/Community Health battle brings host of troubles

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

My oh my.  Don’t we have a pretty enough dustup going on here without the need for more schaudenfreude? Apparently not. As most of you know, Community Health Systems (CYH) made a $3.3 billion hostile takeover bid for Tenet Healthcare … Continue reading →

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The great sucking sound: For-profit buyouts a drain on communities

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Katherine Rourke

Few have spent more time than I calling out non-profit hospitals on their inadequate charity care levels.  But when it comes down to it, I’d prefer a non-profit whose chain can be yanked over a for-profit with no public service requirements … Continue reading →

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