Mergers & Acquisitions

Rite Aid has worked to expand its RediClinics, walk-in health centers, while Walgreens has aggressively expanded its walk-in clinic business.

Though physician services provider TeamHealth has turned down a $7.8 billion takeover bid by AmSurg, analysts on Wall Street think the deal is probably in the best interest of the company.

America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's stance against major insurance company consolidation misguided, and suggested that the presidential candidate focus on other issues plaguing healthcare instead.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found higher healthcare prices for outpatient care linked to the financial integration between physicians and hospitals.

Prime Healthcare Services continues to target small systems to add to its portfolio, announcing plans on Wednesday to acquire River Valley Health Partners in Ohio for an undisclosed sum.

TeamHealth rejected a $7.8 billion bid by ambulatory surgery giant AmSurg on Tuesday, saying the unsolicited bid undervalues the company.

Major for-profit ambulatory surgery operator AmSurg on Tuesday said it has offered $7.8 billion to TeamHealth Holdings to merge the companies.

Aetna said it expects the transaction will be completed in the second half of 2016 pending conditions, federal review and regulatory approval.

The health systems intend to collaborate to increase the number of insurance plans under which Tri-City Healthcare District is an authorized provider, according to UC San Diego Health.

While providing medical services to the public has traditionally been seen as a domestic business, recent acquisitions of British healthcare concerns by Tenet Healthcare and Acadia Healthcare suggest that more U.S. healthcare providers are looking overseas for growth.