Becker's Healthcare July 25, 2019
Hospital merger and acquisition deal volume and spending was up year over year in the second quarter of 2019, but the pace of for-profit hospital divestitures is slowing, according to data from HealthCareMandA.com.
Five things to know:
1. Nineteen hospital transactions were reported in the second quarter of this year, up 27 percent from the same period of 2018, according to the report.
2. Based on disclosed prices, spending on hospital transactions was more than 800% higher in the second quarter of 2019 than in the same period of last year.
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