Mergers & Acquisitions

2020 and 2021 saw record numbers of mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and partnerships and this raises the strategic question for any executive team of a specialty provider organization, do they have market positioning for a sustainable future and can they address that issue with changes in scale. Almost every executive team is considering collaborations to keep their competitive advantage. It’s imperative to find out if those collaborations were successful in improving competitive advantage, as well as the “tricks of the trade” in making collaboration work.

Latest Resources

• Viome Acquires Circulate Health, Closing the Loop Between Early Chronic Disease Diagnostics, Precision Nutrition & Treatment
• Risepoint Acquires Keypath Education’s North American Operations To Expand Online Health Care Education & Clinical Placement Services
• State Regulators Approve Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield’s Affiliation With Cambia Health Solutions
• InMed Pharmaceuticals & Mentari Therapeutics Enter Merger Agreement To Advance Migraine Prevention Therapies
• Sword Health To Acquire Headspace
• SnapCare & ConnectRN Merge To Provide Growth-Forward Workforce Solutions
• In $2.8 Billion Deal, Lilly To Acquire AtaiBeckley To Advance Therapies For Treatment-Resistant Depression & Other Mental Health Conditions
• Williamson Health To Sell To Ascension Saint Thomas
• Acentra Health Acquires FEI Systems To Expand Technology & Clinical Solutions For Medicaid, LTSS, HCBS & Behavioral Health
• Baystate Health & Trinity Health Of New England Sign Definitive Agreement To Integrate Mercy Medical Center & Strengthen Regional Care
• Switchboard Health Acquires Livara Health To Integrate Value-Based Musculoskeletal Care
• Cityblock Health Raises $116 Million, Acquires Rural Medicare Provider Organization Homeward Health In An All-Stock Transaction
• Neurocrine Biosciences Completes $2.9 Billion Acquisition Of Soleno Therapeutics To Add A Treatment For Prader-Willi Syndrome To Its Portfolio
• Supernus Pharmaceuticals & Indivior Pharmaceuticals To Merge, Creating A $2.2 Billion Diversified Central Nervous System Biopharmaceutical Organization
• Knox Community Hospital Signs Non-Binding LOI To Join Kettering Health, Strengthen Care Access In Western Ohio

2026 Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions Expected To Focus On Outpatient Care, Specialty Services, & Cost Containment

Outpatient care, specialty services, and cost containment solutions are projected to drive merger and acquisition activity in the health care sector during 2026, according to a recent report by VMG Health. Increased deal volume is projected for physician practices, behavioral health, home-based care, and ambulatory surgery centers. Technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), is being used to strengthen diagnostics, automation, and workflow optimization, is emerging as a differentiator in health care mergers and acquisitions, particularly in… Read

• Delaware Enacts Moratorium On For-Profit Acquisition Or Control Of Non-Profit Acute Care Hospitals
• Avamere Exits Skilled Nursing To Focus On Senior Living & Home Care Support
• Cardinal Health Announces Agreements To Acquire Strive Medical & AdaptHealth’s Diabetes Health Business
• Wellmore Merges With The Village For Families & Children To Unify Behavioral Health Services Across Connecticut
• Center For Social Dynamics Acquires Autism Provider Organization, Behavior Change Institute, In New Mexico

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