Value-based Care is Ripping Into Health System Profits

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/value-based-care-ripping-health-system-profits

Compass and Dollars

Large health systems and hospital operators are reporting falling profits, revenue, income, and share value. The promise of population health management may eventually restore financial order, says one industry expert.

Group Health approves acquisition by Kaiser Permanente

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/group-health-approves-acquisition-by-kaiser/

Market Power

Voting members of Seattle’s Group Health Cooperative agreed Saturday to join with California-based Kaiser Permanente, an agreement that allows a review of the $1.8 billion deal to go forward.

Munich City Hospital: Value-Based Consolidation

https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/health_care_payers_providers_transformation_large_scale_change_munich_city_hospital_value_based_consolidation/

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Medicare payment cuts, hospital closures, and patient harm

http://blog.academyhealth.org/medicare-payment-cuts-hospital-closures-and-patient-harm/

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6 forecasts for healthcare M&A in 2016

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/6-forecasts-for-healthcare-m-a-in-2016.html

Academic Medical Center

The rise of ‘super regional systems’ and what it means for healthcare

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/the-rise-of-super-regional-systems-and-what-it-means-for-healthcare.html

Hospital Transactions and Valuations

Super-sized: Consolidations may lead to mega-regional systems in major markets

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/super-sized-consolidations-may-lead-mega-regional-systems-major-markets/2016-02-26?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6%252FOde%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsdiNK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Cartoon M&A

Health Insurers Grilled Over Merger

http://www.californiahealthline.org/capitol-desk/2016/1/health-insurers-grilled-over-merger

Money Roll

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

Cash Hospital