HCA Healthcare Emerging from Severe Staffing Headwinds
HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA), a for-profit healthcare provider based in Nashville, Tennessee, reported $4.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.99 by a whopping $0.94. This increase is largely due to HCA Healthcare’s revenue growth, which was up 4.3% on a year over year basis from $14.9 billion in Q1:22 to $15.6 billion in Q1:23. The healthcare provider’s expenses rose from the first quarter of 2022, reaching $13.67 billion. Yet, despite the rising expenses, HCA Healthcare reported a $1.36 billion profit in the first quarter, an improvement from last year’s profit of $1.27 billion. However, this is a decrease from HCA’s $2.1 billion... Read More »
Kaiser Permanente Acquires Geisinger Health, Launching Risant Health
Kaiser Permanente announced on April 26 that it was acquiring Geisinger Health, which will join Risant Health, a new nonprofit organization created by the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Geisinger Health comprises 10 hospitals, as well as a health plan with more than half a million members. The Danville, Pennsylvania-based health system has 25,000 employees and more than 1,700 physicians. Kaiser Permanente is among the country’s largest nonprofit systems with 39 hospitals. Its operations span eight states coast to coast with roughly 13 million members who receive care through its integrated model. The organization reported $95.4 billion in operating revenue across 2022, as well as a $1.3... Read More »
UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare
Lumberton, North Carolina-based hospital UNC Health Southeastern (UNC) will transfer ownership of its community-based hospice operations to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, effective May 1, 2023. The hospital is located in Robeson County, North Carolina and will continue to offer inpatient services. Lower Cape Fear LifeCare will assist UNC by providing palliative care consultations within the hospital. The transfer of its home-based hospice services will free up more resources for UNC’s palliative care program, according to UNC Health Southeastern President and CEO Chris Ellington. The financial terms of the transfer include a sale of tangible assets for an undisclosed dollar amount, with no... Read More »
Lifepoint Health Acquires Cornerstone Behavioral Health El Dorado
Lifepoint Health announced on January 23 that it acquired Cornerstone Behavioral Health El Dorado. Cornerstone Behavioral Health El Dorado’s operations will be rolled into the Lifepoint behavioral health business. Lifepoint plans to invest in Cornerstone Behavioral Health El Dorado’s growth and plans to add nearly 50 beds to the facility in the coming months. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cornerstone Behavioral Health El Dorado is a 54-bed facility in Tucson, Arizona. It offers acute inpatient treatment for mental health and substance use disorders Lifepoint Health, a subsidiary of RCCH HealthCare Partners, owns and operates 62 community hospitals, more than 30 rehabilitation and... Read More »
Amid Headwinds and Competition, Health Systems Look to New Markets in 2023
Hospitals and health systems have a complicated path ahead of them in 2023. Headwinds such as inflation, labor issues and operational costs have hit the industry hard, and M&A activity over the past two years has stagnated. Preliminary numbers from 2022 show that transaction volume remained level with 2021 numbers, with 65 and 64 announced mergers, respectively. Spending values were also remarkably unchanged year over year, based on disclosed prices. Spending in 2022 reached $9.2 billion, a small 7% decline compared with totals in 2021, which hit $9.87 billion. For context, in 2020, transaction volume climbed to 79 deals, and in 2019, it soared to 100 deals. COVID-19 is an obvious... Read More »Schedule a demo
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