Showing posts with label CompHealth. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

CompHealth Sizes Up Merger Activity

Monday's announcement that Aetna will buy Coventry Health Care underscores the trend in health care consolidation.  CompHealth, a Salt Lake City-based health care staffing firm, offers an interesting visual to illustrate the industry's merger activity based on a 2011 survey.  >>View: Healthy Growth?

Some of the findings for 2012:
  • 75% of hospitals and health systems considering merger or acquisition
  • 52% of merger deals valued < $50M
  • Top reason for deal cancellation:  Culture Incompatibility
Source:  EMR Daily News