CEO SUMMARY: Changes in hospital ownership often drive laboratory restructuring projects. But hospital merger and acquisition activity has declined for four consecutive years. Consequently, comprehensive laboratory restructuring efforts have declined in parallel. Hospital M&A numbers for 2003 are predicted to remain at a low level. Meanwhile, cross-system laboratory ventures seem to be also languishing. FOR […]
Hospital Mergers Down For Fourth Straight Year
Merger and acquisition activity declines in response to a variety of market factors
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume X No. 3 - March 3, 2003 Issue
- Tags: cap, care contracts, dark report, hospital laboratory, lab consolidation, lab industry, laboratories, laboratory consolidation, laboratory director, laboratory service, laboratory services, laboratory test, laboratory testing, laboratory testing services, managed care, managed care contract, managed care contracts, pathologists, the dark report
