HealthLeaders Media October 14, 2021
Health systems and hospitals are under several pressures to increase their scale, Kaufman Hall report says.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– At health systems and hospitals, pressures to increase scale include assuming risk in value-based contracts, which requires a large enough patient population to diversify risk.
– For health systems and hospitals, increasing scale helps ensure the most efficient use of resources such as obtaining funds for capital improvements.
– A significant percentage of hospitals involved in merger, acquisition, and partnership transactions face financial peril.
A new report prepared at the request of the American Hospital Association (AHA) finds that there are several benefits generated from hospital mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships.
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