Health-Care Deals Steady, Strong Through First Third of 2019

May 21, 2019, 11:01 AM UTC

Expect mergers in the health-care industry to pick up during the second half of 2019, with long-term care facilities continuing to be the most active sector. Some 96 deals for such facilities have closed so far this year.

Blame Boomers: Aging baby boomers are driving the healthy demand for long-term care facilities. Transactions in the hospital and health system sector are down in the meantime.

Big Year: Observers who track mergers and acquisitions expect more deals this year than were closed in 2018, and they see the behavioral health sector as ripe for more M&A activity. Mary Anne Pazanowski has ...

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