Pursuing Scale Through M&A? You Still Need a Local-Market Mindset
(from HealthLeaders)
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Leaders must consider carefully whether their definitions of success align with what the community needs.
- An operating-company approach comes with cost-cutting potential. But there are tradeoffs.
As mergers and acquisitions among healthcare providers continue at a frenzied pace in certain markets, some healthcare executives are prodding their peers to scrutinize their own M&A motivations more thoroughly.