RamaOnHealthcare April 5, 2015
By Guy Boulton of the Journal Sentinel
Roughly a dozen mergers have taken place among health systems in Wisconsin in the past two years. Some have involved small rural hospitals, others large health systems.
The mergers all have one thing in common: They were driven at least partly by the changes taking hold in health care.
The mergers are part of a wave of consolidation that has taken place among health systems nationally in recent years.
“The whole sector is moving to bigger, larger organizations,” said Martin Arrick, an analyst with Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.
Last year, 102 mergers and acquisitions among health systems were announced, according to Irving Levin Associates Inc., which tracks health care transactions. More than...
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