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Hospital merger and acquisition activity rebounded in the fourth quarter, but annual deal volume still hit an 11-year low, according to a new report.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many health systems to pause or abandon their merger and acquisition plans, resulting in only 79 announced deals in 2020, Ponder & Co. found. That was down 25 percent from the trailing 10-year average and the lowest annual tally since 2009.
But the 28 announced deals in the fourth quarter signaled that hospital executives are more comfortable with the virtual due diligence process and that finances have stabilized, said Eb LeMaster, managing director at the health care advisory firm.
New research database helping cardiologists study COVID-19âs impact on collegiate athletesâ hearts
Cardiologists study cardiac health of collegiate athletes with COVID-19 By Cassie Carlson | January 14, 2021 at 10:38 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:47 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The American Heart Association and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine helped create a new research database of more than 3,000 college athletes who tested positive for COVID-19. The database is meant to determine the short-term and long-term effects of the virus on collegiate athletesâ hearts.
According to the Chairman of the Cardiac Institute at UTHSC and Methodist Le Bonheur, Dr. John Jefferies, âYou just have to remember that we donât know as much as we need to know at this point.â
Mass General nixed a deal to acquire New Hampshire-based Exeter Health Resources after the state's attorney general sought to block the agreement over concerns of competition.
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Policing hospital mergers has become a top enforcement priority among federal antitrust enforcers. In 2020 alone, the FTC sued to block three hospital transactions (Jefferson/Einstein, Methodist Le Bonheur/Tenet and Hackensack Meridian/Englewood) and submitted letters to state regulators opposing two transactions (Community/Hendrick and Community/Shannon), while the DOJ has challenged one transaction (Geisinger/Evangelical).
On December 8, the FTC lost the first of its 2020 hospital merger challenges. United States District Judge Gerald Pappert denied the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block the combination of Philadelphia-area Thomas Jefferson University and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. The FTC quickly appealed, but the Third Circuit denied the FTC’s motion for an injunction pending appeal. (The FTC has since won a second merger challenge: On December 23, Methodist Le Bonheur abandoned its planned acquisition of two Tene