Industry Trends

Today, behavioral health providers are prioritizing targeted de novo gains and keeping their balance sheets cash-flow positive.

A moratorium restricting new development at AMC's former site is currently in place, and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has indicated he will renew the development ban for another six months, which prevents Wellstar from selling or redeveloping the land. 

Ridgeview had been leasing the space from Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic since 2018. After a non-renewable lease expired Aug. 31, both parties agreed to a Dec. 12 departure date. 

The shift in tune comes as rising health care costs see patients, particularly women, become more active health care purchasers.

In the U.S., where healthcare represents about 20 percent of the economy, a proportional amount of PE is allocated to healthcare investments, representing about $500 billion.

High-profile athletes and other celebrities are investing in, and sometimes helping run, digital health care companies.

Overall, these hospitals had an average operating margin of -8.6%, compared with -1.4% for all other hospitals, based on Medicare cost report data.

The Black Cat/AlphV ransomware group has claimed to have leaked patients' and employees' information from Morrison (IL) Community Hospital.

In the third quarter, there were 18 announced hospital mergers, according to a report from healthcare consulting company Kaufman Hall. By comparison, there were 10 deals in the third quarter of 2022.

DART members will include physicians; radiation therapists and physicists; academicians, including scientists, educators and researchers focused on radiation therapy; and medical residents and students actively pursuing careers in dermatology and radiation therapy.