Mergers & Acquisitions
Practices are making frequent use of satisfaction surveys, cutting wait times, but more extended hours are needed, results show.
Deal shifts day-to-day operations management of LifePoint's home health agencies and hospices, as well as all future home health and hospice acquisitions, to LHC Group.
Federal and state officials had raised the concern that both health systems operate hospitals in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone and its co-investors will pay $43.50 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of TeamHealth common stock.
Many high-scoring hospitals reversed lower scores in prior ratings periods.
Anthem and Cigna spent a combined $3.4 million, double the $1.2 million spent by Aetna and Humana.
HCA will sell its Oklahoma hospitals and terminate its lease of a children's hospital as other systems announced plans for an integrated network.
Merger talks are expected to continue into 2017, systems said.
Both hospital sales are expected to close in December pending regulatory approvals.
September court decision granting injunction against the deal dealt crushing blow, systems said.