Health services M&A is active in 2026, but uncertainty slows volume: PwC
Healthcare M&A deal value surged in early 2026 — $18 billion in Q1 and $11 billion through May in Q2 — far outpacing H1 2025 totals, according to…
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Ascension’s $3.9B AmSurg Deal Signals New ASC Antitrust Era
Ascension completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg on June 4, 2026, expanding its ambulatory surgery center network from 58 to more than 300 facilities across 34 states…
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Thoreau’s Growth Investment in Ensemble Signals RCM Consolidation
Thoreau, the healthcare investment platform launched by former New Mountain Capital private equity president Matt Holt, has agreed to make a strategic growth investment in Ensemble Health Partners,…
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Deacon Associates Acquires 31 Hospice, Home Health Agencies From HCA Healthcare
Deacon Associates has agreed to acquire 31 home health and hospice agencies from HCA Healthcare, with hospice representing 23% of the divested assets across eight states. The deal,…
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5 States With the Most DSO Activity in May 2026
Becker’s Dental Review’s May 2026 roundup identifies several states with notable DSO activity, led by Arizona, Colorado, New York, and Texas. In Arizona, PDS Health opened a new…
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Q1 2026 Behavioral Health M&A Report: 42 Deals, $535M in Growth Capital
Behavioral health M&A recorded 42 closed transactions in Q1 2026 — 34 traditional M&A deals and 8 growth financings totaling $535.7 million. Mental health led with 19 deals,…
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The DSO Rebound: Why 2026 Is the Most Active Dental M&A Year Since 2022
Dental M&A has rebounded strongly in 2026 after a slowdown driven by elevated capital costs, enhanced due diligence, and unrealistic seller valuations. DSOs are aggressively expanding across specialties…
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Bain 2026: How Operational Standardization Is Reshaping Physician Group Value Creation
Physician group private equity deal volume fell from 28% of global provider transactions in 2021 to 23% in 2025, per Bain & Company’s 2026 Global Healthcare Private Equity…
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69% of DSOs Plan More Acquisitions in 2026, TUSK Reports
Sixty-nine percent of DSOs expect their private equity sponsors to push for moderate-to-high increases in acquisition activity in 2026, according to TUSK Practice Sales’ Q2 2026 Dental Market…
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The De Novo Marketing Playbook for New Healthcare Locations
De novo healthcare locations routinely underperform in their first months because media plans launch too late—often just weeks before opening, when the algorithm still needs time to learn….