Modern Healthcare April 16, 2019
The number of hospital transactions hit its lowest mark in nearly a decade in the first quarter of 2019, indicating that providers may be taking a more deliberate approach to dealmaking, according to a new white paper.
Fourteen deals were announced in the first quarter, the fewest in any quarter since the fourth quarter of 2009, Ponder & Co. said in a new report. It was the fourth consecutive quarter in which hospital M&A lagged the rolling annual quarterly average. The median target hospital was more than 40% smaller than that of 2018, Ponder’s data shows.
The frenetic sell-off by Community Health Systems, Tenet Healthcare Corp.and other investor-owned hospital systems has cooled. Systems are digesting and integrating acquisitions. Declining inpatient...
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