Coming To Grips With The Reality Of Mergers

Last year was a big year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the health and human service space. There was a 13% increase in M&A over 2016, with 115 announced 2017 M&A transactions, including 11 that involved sellers with net revenues of $1 billion or more (see 2017 In Review: The Year M&A Shook The Healthcare Landscape).

As of now, it looks like 2018 will surpass those figures. Health care M&A had a strong start in 2018, with $39 billion in deals in January alone—surpassing any other January in . . .