KaufmanHall July 9, 2024
Hospital and Health System Transactions
M&A activity in Q2 2024 slowed from a very busy Q1, with 11 announced transactions. Several large transactions in the quarter, however, generated an average seller size by revenue that significantly exceeded year-end averages dating back to 2017.
Two of the 11 announced transactions were “mega mergers” (transactions in which the smaller party has annual revenues of $1 billion or more). Yet neither of these transactions represented a pursuit of greater scale; instead, both were strategic transactions designed, in one case, to gain access to new tools, technologies, and capital investments, and in the other, to support one of the partner’s efforts at system reconfiguration.
Overview of Q2 Activity
The 11 transactions announced in Q2...