Making Scale Work

The volume of investor-led mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the health care field is down—but the size of those deals is increasing. In the 12-month period ending November 2024, the number of health care M&A transactions dropped by 9%—but their value increased by 10%. Those were the findings of a new study,;Health Services: US Deals 2025 Outlook.

There was wide variance by health care market sector. In the behavioral health space, transactions dropped by 19%, but the value of the transactions increased by 324%. Rehabilitation transactions dropped by 20% with . . .