Becker's Healthcare April 17, 2020
Hospitals are facing extreme financial pressures due to COVID-19 that will have lasting effects on the healthcare merger and acquisition market, according to investment bank Juniper Advisory.
Seven ways COVID-19 could affect healthcare M&A:
1. More sellers than buyers will make up the post-pandemic market.
2. Hospitals that maintain some sense of solvency during the pandemic may have a larger appetite for M&A.
3. Competitors, like private equity firms and telemedicine companies, are rapidly growing as hospitals become entrenched in their COVID-19 responses.
4. Independent hospitals are...