Making ‘Affiliation’ Work

If there are two things to know immediately about mergers—they seldom work, and a lot of organization’s are still trying them. To the first point, a recent study found that mergers failed between 50% and 85% of the time (see Make M&A Work For Your Organization). And to the second point, recent reports show that hospital mergers have gone up and that most executives expect that trend to continue (see Hospital Mergers Increased 13% In 2017 and 71% Of Health Care Provider Organization Leaders Believe Mergers & Acquisitions Will Increase). There was a 14.4% growth . . .