One positive spin for hospitals with the impending healthcare reform is it is predicted there will be even more hospital buy-outs from larger firms or healthcare conglomerates in the future. Recently there has been a lot of press of larger organizations acquiring hospitals throughout the country.
With the changes in the healthcare sector because of healthcare reform, there are apt to be even more hospital buy-outs as well as aggregation of existing hospital companies, diversification into outpatient sectors, and more jostling among companies to pick up larger positions in local markets.
There has been news of many hospital buy-outs lately, namely Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to buy Caritas Christi Health Care in the Boston area and the Blackstone Group-backed Vanguard Health Systems is buying the Detroit Medical Center.
Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal, or click here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2010/06/23/one-impact-of-health-care-reform-expect-more-hospital-deals/?mod=rss_WSJBlog
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