Article Commentary by: Garth Hogan, Global Healthcare Services
Year over year, we are seeing record-breaking M&A activity in 2017 and it's expected to increase in 2018 as the healthcare industry moves forward with consolidations.
53 medical office building transactions closed in the month of November 2017 totaling over $548 million or 2.2 million square feet. California had the most medical office building transactions with 14 (26% of total), followed by Florida with 11 (21% of total).
4 physician groups and 13 hospitals were acquired in December 2017. The largest hospital acquired was Aurora Health Care, a 2,019 bed hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin which was acquired by Advocate Health Care.
Article Commentary by Garth Hogan, Global Healthcare Services
What was announced late last year should be completed in 2018. We expect that there are more announcements to come that will continue to reshape the delivery of healthcare in the US.
