HealthLeaders Media August 30, 2017
As providers set powerful goals for the future, they are seeking strategic partners who can fill critical competencies.
Value-based care, population health management, clinical integration, and changing physician payments are just a few key reasons why providers are entering into mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships today. Each of these areas involves capital-intensive goals, which are motivating providers to partner with organizations who can shore up specific weaknesses. “Providers are seeking partners with the right combination of capital, infrastructure, intellectual property, and technology,” says Brent McDonald, head of healthcare strategic advisory, managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “We are seeing mergers that have clear built-in synergies. Oftentimes, the two organizations don’t just mirror, but rather they complement each other...