Industry Trends

From health plans to retailers to incumbent health systems, consolidation is reshaping conventional norms in the industry.

Reed Jobs has launched Yosemite with plans to raise $400 million for a fund dedicated to startups taking on the disease from which his father died.

The 60-year-old hospital has become outdated, which has made delivering care challenging, Corwell said.

In the first half of the year, there were 75 behavioral health deals, which broke down to 40 in Q1 and 35 in Q2.

Dr. Gottlieb is a member of the boards of Pfizer, genetic testing startup Tempus, health-care tech company Aetion and biotech company Illumina. He is also a partner at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.

While not a dramatic drop, the decrease in the home health provider ranks is important considering pending cuts from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Although deal activity through the year appears slightly below the high-water marks for the corresponding period of 2022, deal activity is generally up from the first quarter of 2023, and reported volumes are nearly twice the levels seen in 2018 and 2020.

CVS Health noted it is reducing expenses, which is in line with its plans to slow its acquisitions and wind down clinical trials.

In an analysis of the nonprofit hospital sector, Fitch said that nonprofit hospitals are still struggling with higher labor costs, inflation and thin operating margins

Healthcare leaders need to make choices about focusing on areas of growth, such as outpatient care, says Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics with Kaufman Hall.