July 31, 2023
M&A | Tea Leaves
  • According to a new roundup report, hospital merger and acquisition deal volume has returned to pre-pandemic levels as of the second quarter of 2023. Twenty new deals were announced from April to June, up from 15 in the first quarter and 14 in the second quarter of 2020, and 14 and 13 transactions announced in the second quarter of 2021 and 2022, respectively, health care consultancy Kaufman Hall wrote in an analysis released Thursday. The most recent count is in line with the 21 deals tallied by the firm in the second quarter of 2018 and the 19 deals that were inked in the second quarter of 2019. (Article here)