by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 15, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
Bargaining leverage increases hospital capital investment, and the effect is particularly pronounced at non-profit hospitals, which invest their monopoly profits in additional capital, according to a recent analysis published in the Journal of Industrial Economics....
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 15, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
Liquidity constraints affect hospitals’ capital investment, and these constraints are more pronounced at non-profit hospitals, according to a new paper. The authors analyzed ten years of financial data from California hospitals to examine how liquidity...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 14, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
In the wake of an FTC lawsuit, RWJBarnabas Health announced that it will not proceed with its proposed deal to acquire Saint Peter’s Healthcare System. Subsequently, HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care System scrapped their plan to acquire five Utah hospitals. As...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 14, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
Several healthcare mergers were called off after the Federal Trade Commision filed an an anti-competition lawsuit to block the proposed deals between HCA Healthcare and Steward Healthcare System; RWJBarnabas Health and Saint Peter’s Healthcare System; and Hackensack...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 14, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
Kosciusko Community Hospital will be renamed Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital following a $30 million investment, involving expansion and renovation projects, from the Lutheran Health Network. Becker’s Hospital Review reports: The new project will add an additional...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 14, 2022 | Healthcare, Uncategorized
A bill, proposed by Democratic senators in Washington state, seeks to halt mergers involving hospitals which are religiously affiliated if the deals would limit access to abortion care. When Tacoma-based CHI Franciscan merged with Virginia Mason Swedish Medical...
