Keeping Consumers In Mind As Mergers Happen

Mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations are a big topic right now in health and human services. 2017 was a huge year for health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A)—and January of this year got off to a fast start (see Coming To Grips With The Reality Of Mergers). According to Bloomberg, there are already $156 billion in deals done so far in 2018 for the fastest M&A activity in over a decade (see Health-Care M&A Balloons In Busiest Start In More Than A Decade).

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