Merger and acquisition activity in the healthcare industry’s services sectors in 2019 rose slightly above deal volume posted the year before, according to The 2020 Health Care Services Acquisition Report, Twenty-Sixth Edition. Deal volume for the healthcare services sectors reached 1,269 transactions, 2% higher than the 1,242 in 2018. The dollar value of those deals was significantly lower, however, down 27% to $91 billion, compared with $124 billion in 2018. Some services sectors fared better than others in year-over-year transaction totals. Merger and acquisition activity increased in Hospitals (+22%), Other Services (+11%), Managed Care (+8%), Home Health & Hospice and Long-Term Care (+5% each) and Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis (+4%). Three sectors saw declines in activity, including Rehabilitation (-20%), Behavioral Health Care (-19%) and Physician Medical Groups (-6%).
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