Monthly Archives: December 2015
The three trends that will carry into next year
Cartoon – Mergers and Acquisition
‘Oh, no! We’ve inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company.’
City Council report calls for $15 hourly hospital wages
Critics seek hard look at Yale–L+M deal, hospital market power
Hershey-PinnacleHealth: Will they fight or back down from the FTC?
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2015/12/hershey_pinnacle_penn_state_me.html
The FTC typically takes such actions when it concludes a merger will hurt competition in a market and is likely to result in higher prices for consumers. A wave of consolidation has been sweeping the health care industry, and the FTC has shown increasing concern.
10 emerging healthcare trends for 2016
Sutter Medical Center unveils $812 million Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Center
The 10-story, 242-bed center is an acute care hospital offering neonatal and pediatric intensive care.
California attorney general approves Daughters of Charity lifeline by BlueMountain Capital
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Thursday granted conditional approval for its $250 million bailout.
Dignity Health divests holdings in coal energy, calls climate change a public health issue
HENRY KOTULA 