Proposed Hospital Mergers Are Attributed to CVS, UnitedHealth Group Deals

Proposed Hospital Mergers Are Attributed to CVS, UnitedHealth Group Deals

It hasn’t been 2 weeks since the first of two healthcare megadeals was announced (CVS buying Aetna, followed closely by UnitedHealth Group announcing it was going to buy DaVita’s medical group), but they’re already being cited as the reason for consolidation in the hospital marketplace. Dignity Health in California and Colorado’s Catholic Health Initiative are expected to team up in a move that would have the combined system controlling some 700 care cites and 139 …

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