Chief Healthcare Executive May 16, 2022
The planned union would create one of America’s largest nonprofit systems. Ken Kaufman of Kaufman Hall said he expects to see more partnerships.
Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health are planning to merge and create one of America’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, and it could be a precursor to other deals.
Even though there have been few mergers so far in 2022, analysts have said they expect more deals to happen. Experts say the spike of COVID-19 cases at the beginning of the year had an impact, as hospital executives had little time for deal-making.
Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chairman of the Kaufman Hall consulting firm, is one of those who expects to see more mergers and acquisitions. Kaufman...