Industry Trends

While speed and secrecy are typically essential to these sorts of deals, health organizations need to include a security expert on the core team from the very beginning.

Just 21% of CVS’ MA members are currently in plans with a star rating of at least four, down from 87% at the end of 2021, the payer disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Plans with a rating of four or above are eligible for bonus payments.

Health plans, private equity firms, and retailers are absolutely racing to buy up physician practices. But the rise in ownership isn't a guaranteed success — nor is it a guaranteed failure for the industry.

Kaiser Permanente has decided that it will not buy a property in Live Oak, Calif., where it had planned to develop a 160,000-square-foot medical building.

Women’s health, pain management and clinical research were all niches that saw dealmaking activity this week, reflecting the continued strength of healthcare M&A in a challenging environment. 

Hospital administration gave the medical staff a 90-day notice to transition the care of hundreds of young patients.

In 2020, a record 18 were either closed or converted to outpatient facilities.

However, the Minnesota Nurses Association — which has backed the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act from the beginning — is disheartened by the initial bill's demise.

A former US Attorney and chief of health care fraud explains the current regulatory environment and what doctors and investors should consider when joining private equity with medical enterprises.

KLAS' annual U.S. Hospital EMR Market Share 2023 report looked at small and large organizations with multiple hospitals, stand-alone hospitals of all sizes, academic medical centers, children's hospitals and specialty hospitals.