Newly Published: 2017 Health Care Services M&A Market Equals 2016 Deal Volume, According To Irving Levin Associates, Inc.
Merger and acquisition activity in the health care industry's services sectors in 2017 remained equal to the deal volume the year before, according to the 2018 Health Care Services Acquisition Report, Twenty-Fourth Edition. Deal volume for the health care services sectors reached 992 transactions, equal to the 992 in 2016.
The dollar value of those deals was significantly stronger, up 148% to
"With all the uncertainty surrounding the repeal-and-replace efforts on the Affordable Care Act, healthcare services proved to be a safe harbor for investors," said
Some services sectors fared better than others in year-over-year deal totals. Merger and acquisition activity increased in Managed Care (+30%), Physician Medical Groups (+27%), Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis (+22%), Behavioral Health Care (+17%), Rehabilitation (+7%) and Other Services (+4%). Three sectors saw declines in activity, including
The 2018 Health Care Services Acquisition Report, Twenty-Fourth Edition, contains more than 300 pages of hard-to-find information on all publicly announced hospital, managed care, laboratory services, physician medical group, behavioral health, home health and hospice, and rehabilitation mergers and acquisitions in 2017. The Long-Term Care sector is treated separately in The Senior Care Acquisition Report, Twenty-Third Edition.
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