The 5 biggest health services M&A deals of 2016
The number of healthcare services deals only decreased
slightly in 2016, but the overall value of healthcare transactions last
year was significantly lower than in 2015. However, there were still
many transactions exceeding $1 billion, according to a recent PwC report.
There were 939 healthcare services transactions in 2016, down from
952 deals in 2015. In both years, long-term care had higher deal volume
than any other subsector.
The healthcare services transactions reported in 2016 had a total
value of $71.7 billion. That's down significantly from 2015's total deal
value of $177.5 million. The decline in total transaction value is
largely attributable to fewer megadeals — transactions exceeding $1
billion — in 2016. There were 14 megadeals in 2016 compared to 18 the
year prior.
