The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice on July 19 released a draft update of the merger guidelines, which outline the agencies’ review of mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with antitrust laws.
Category: Hospital Transactions and Valuation
Hospitals want more time to review proposed premerger notification rule
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals joined 20 other organizations to urge the Federal Trade Commission to extend by 60 days the public comment period for its proposed changes to the premerger notification fo…
Florida city seeks to demolish old Baptist Health hospital
The city of Pensacola, Fla., hopes to acquire and demolish the old Baptist Hospital once its operations are transferred to a new facility, Pensacola News Journal reported July 17.
FTC scraps 2 healthcare antitrust policies
The Federal Trade Commission has withdrawn two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in healthcare markets:
ProMedica committed to working with Coldwater hospital buyer, but there's no plan B
While Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica says it is fully on board with a proposal for Los Angeles-based American Healthcare Systems to buy its Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital, there is little to fall back on if the planned deal fails to get over regulat…
10 recent hospital and health system M&A updates
From the delay of UCHealth and Parkview’s proposed combination, to Aspirus Health and St. Luke’s signing a letter of intent to affiliate, here are 10 hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions updates Becker’s reported since July 5:
Health system M&A bounces back to pre-pandemic levels: report
Hospital and health systems transactions returned to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of 2023, according to a July 13 report from Kaufman Hall.
UCSF in talks to acquire 2 Dignity Health hospitals
UCSF Health is in talks with Dignity Health to acquire the system’s clinical presence in San Francisco, including St. Mary’s Medical Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and associated outpatient and urgent care clinics.
Physicians in private practice drops to 46.7%
The number of physicians in private practice dropped 13 percentage points over the last decade while the number of physicians working in practices with at least some hospital or health system ownership jumped 8 percentage points, according to a new rep…
Vermont system joins Dartmouth Health
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington has joined Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, now a six-hospital system.
