Lessons For ‘Being Big’

Size is not a strategy, but it is certainly a tactical approach for solving some of the current market positioning and sustainability problems of the health and human service environment. Over the past decade, we've seen a flood of mergers – among health plans (see Highmark Aims For More Pennsylvania Clout With Blues Deal), health systems (see Pennsylvania's Jameson Health System In Partnership Talks With AHN, UPMC), provider organizations (see US HealthWorks Expands In North Carolina With Acquisition Of IndustriCare Of Charlotte), pharmaceutical companies (see McKesson Launches $8.3 Billion Bid For Germany's Celesio), and tech vendors (see . . .