Only 12 new hospital merger and acquisition transactions were announced during the opening three months of 2022, continuing the pandemic-era trend of shrinking deal volumes in the hospital sector, according to a new Kaufman Hall report, notes Fierce Healthcare.
In addition to tallying the lowest number of quarterly deals since the analyst began tracking hospital merger and acquisition activity in 2016, 2022’s first quarter was a departure from other recent low-volume quarters due to the relatively small size of the deals themselves. Read more.
