Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s recent acquisitions in Illinois and Maine underscore a deliberate growth strategy leaders describe as a “market cluster” approach: entering or expanding in a region with multiple hospitals to build scale, stabilize distressed facilities and create operational leverage. Prime CFO Steve Aleman told Becker’s the Illinois acquisition stood out because it aligned closely with the system’s operating “playbook” and offered what he called a “market cluster presence.”
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/inside-primes-market-cluster-playbook-for-ma/