Advisory Call Hosted by ECG and Becker’s Healthcare
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among hospitals and health systems was strong throughout 2024, and the trend shows few signs of slowing down in 2025. But why do some of these integrations succeed while others struggle?
That's one question we explored recently with a group of senior healthcare leaders during a Becker's Healthcare advisory call. ECG's Michael Biggs, Partner, Health System Performance, and Mark Johnston, Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions, talked with hospital and health system presidents, COOs, CFOs, and other senior executives about common post-merger integration challenges and how to overcome them.
Becker's produced a whitepaper based on their discussion, which you can download here.
Below are four key topics from the advisory call.
- Drivers of hospital and health system consolidation. M&As largely fall into two categories: strategic opportunities and distressed transactions.
- Common integration challenges. Successful transactions are characterized by alignment around vision, values, and culture.
- Overcoming integration hurdles. Integration planning must begin before the deal is signed.
- The need for communication. Providers, patients, and the community need to understand the reasons for, and benefits of, the transaction.
