Becker's Healthcare January 21, 2020
Nonprofit and for-profit hospitals and health systems announced 85 transactions in 2019, a 27 percent decline from last year, according to a new report from financial and strategic advisory firm Ponder & Co.
Five other takeaways from the report:
1. In 2019, 18 hospital transactions involved a for-profit acquirer. This is the lowest volume of for-profit acquisitions in the last decade.
2. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has been the only buyer in the last two years, all other for-profit providers have been divesting...