There Are Mergers & There Are Mergers

Our team is in the final stages of planning for our upcoming 2023 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions, & Affiliations Summit and an interesting question came up. What are the recent “deals” that will reshape the health and human service landscape? What mergers and acquisitions will disrupt the current value chain and cause shifts in strategy? (For more on Michael Porter’s value chain concept in the field, see The ‘Melting’ Value Chain: Best Practice Management (& Leadership) In An Era Of Change and The ‘Melting’ Value Chain).

I think those deals fall into four categories—each having a significant national . . .