Healthcare Services | Third Quarter 2015

November 2015 – Announced healthcare M&A transactions in the third quarter of 2015 totaled 379, up 10% compared with the same quarter a year ago, according to preliminary figures from Irving Levin Associates, Inc. Deal value in the third quarter of 2015 reached $198 billion, 20% more than the entire annual M&A spend in 2013 ($164 billion), largely due to two large cap transactions announced in the managed care sector totaling $91 billion (Aetna/Humana and Anthem/Cigna). Both deals are being studied carefully by the Federal Trade Commission

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