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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How Marketing Is Becoming a Health System Growth Engine
Health system CMOs are repositioning marketing as a growth function rather than a support function, with measurable revenue results. At UW Medicine, a digital self-referral pathway for neurosurgical…
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ChartSpan-Validic Deal Signals RPM Platform Consolidation
ChartSpan has acquired Validic, combining ChartSpan’s care management services with Validic’s device-data infrastructure to create a single remote care management platform. The combined company will operate under the…
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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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Atlantic Health Reframes Marketing From Cost Center to Revenue Engine
Atlantic Health, a six-hospital system with more than 500 New Jersey care locations, is rebuilding its marketing function around real-time capacity data instead of broad-based ad spend. CMO…
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HMPS26: 4 Healthcare Marketing Trends Shaping Growth in 2026
Healthcare marketing is at a genuine inflection point in 2026, with 68% of CMOs managing budget cuts while still accountable for growth, engagement, and patient loyalty. The 31st…
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Healthcare Call Center Benchmarks 2026: Converting Cost Centers into Revenue Engines
Healthcare call centers are losing 14% of daily revenue to patient no-shows and missing up to 40% of calls during peak hours — performance gaps that compound across…
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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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Agentic Engine Optimization: How to Restructure Healthcare Content for AI Agents
Agentic Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring content so AI agents can fetch, parse, and act on it — not just render it for human readers….