by Katherine Cwiek, Manager & Laura Zacchigna, Senior Associate
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Industry transformation requires major adaptations from healthcare organizations – to increase scale, enhance scope, and achieve differentiation, among others. Partnerships can be a key vehicle to facilitate and pursue these adaptations. Partnerships between academic and community hospitals/health systems are a unique sub-set of healthcare provider partnerships. Academic providers aligning with their community counterparts is, of […]
by Mark Dubow, Director
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Your selection of post-acute care (“PAC”) partners can make or break your value-based payment programs and care management initiatives. Even where fee-for-service is still dominant, having the right post-acute care partners can improve economic performance by reducing length of stay and minimizing acute care readmissions. Most health systems and hospitals do not own PAC facilities, […]
by John M. Harris, Director & Molly Johnson, Manager
HFM Blog
February 29, 2016
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John M. Harris and Molly Johnson write that smaller healthcare providers seeking to engage in population health management may well have other options other than a merger or acquisition.
by John Harris, Director & Stu Schaff, Manager
HFM Blog
December 2014
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It’s easy to get swept up in merger mania. Many industry observers see rapid consolidation with no end in sight. In fact, a recent report by one major consulting firm posited that only about half of the current health systems will be left standing in 10 years. This conclusion was supported by analyses from […]
by Dan Grauman, Director & CEO & Katherine Cwiek, Manager
HFM Blog
July 2015
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Consolidation in the healthcare industry is well-established and moving full-steam ahead. There were an average of 100 hospital transactions per year between 2011 and 2014, compared with 60 per year in the preceding four-year period.a More than 60 percent of U.S. hospitals are now part of a health system.b In most major metropolitan areas, the […]
by Daniel M. Grauman, Managing Director & CEO
HFM Blog
August 2015
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As the temperature topped 98 degrees on the East Coast last month, I was reminded of the “deal heat” we often witness in healthcare transactions. Sometimes the intensity of negotiating deal terms can cause participants to lose perspective on the big picture. In our last post, we discussed the hot trends in hospital and insurer consolidation, […]
by Idette Elizondo and Danielle Bangs
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Financial due diligence―assessing and understanding the financial past, present, and likely future performance of the organization you are considering a relationship with―is one of the most critical components of the due diligence process. Getting financial due diligence right requires a combination of teamwork, good information, strong analysis, and self-awareness. Build a Team of Experts A […]
by Jessica E. Stack, Karin Chernoff Kaplan, Stu Schaff
Healthcare Financial Management
August 2015
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A health system’s efforts in deploying strategic network initiatives will be effective only if its leaders understand the unique factors affecting multi-provider networks.