Becker's Healthcare January 8, 2017
From major nonprofit health systems coming together for market power and population health to health insurance companies seeking growth in other business areas, 2017 was an exciting year for mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry.
Here are 10 of the most interesting healthcare industry transactions in 2017.
- CVS Health to acquire Aetna
The players: The deal involves Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna.
The deal in a sentence: CVS Health inked a definitive agreement in December 2017 to acquire all outstanding shares of Aetna for roughly $69 billion in cash and stock.
What makes it interesting: The combination of CVS Health and Aetna would bring a giant drugstore chain, pharmacy benefit manager, clinic operator...
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