Chief Healthcare Executive January 17, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions fell to the lowest point in a decade. There should be more discussions in the months ahead.
The healthcare industry witnessed a sharp drop in mergers and acquisitions in 2021, and the COVID-19 pandemic played a big factor.
An analysis by Kaufman Hall identified 49 announced healthcare transactions in 2021, down from 79 the previous year. There were fewer mergers and acquisitions in healthcare than at any point in the past decade, according to the report.
“You could attribute a pretty significant portion to the pandemic,” said Anu Singh, managing director at Kaufman Hall.
While there were fewer mergers, there was a higher percentage of large transactions, according to the Kaufman Hall report. Eight transactions were “mega...
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