Neil Olderman Addresses Regulatory Scrutiny of Hospital Consolidation With Modern Healthcare

In “Staying independent in a consolidated hospital sector,” health care partner Neil Olderman spoke to Modern Healthcare about hospitals and health systems turning to partnerships as an alternative to mergers and acquisitions. Olderman explained that growing regulatory scrutiny of hospital consolidation among the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general has also deterred mergers.

“Our clients are looking to joint ventures, strategic deals or collaborative agreements much more as opposed to acquisitions,” Olderman said. “Because of the regulatory environment and shrinking number of healthy targets that have relevance within a region, there are fewer merger matches.”

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