Physician medical group mergers and acquisitions were up in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Health Care M&A report from Irving Levin Associates.
Here are five key notes:
1. Physician medical group mergers and acquisitions were up more than 15 percent from the third quarter of 2015; they were up 29 percent year-over-year.
2. There were 22 publicly-announced physician medical group acquisitions, and only one came with a disclosed price: Envision Healthcare's acquisition of Questcare Medical Services for $135 million.
3. For the full year of 2015, there were 88 announced acquisitions, a 46.7 percent increase over the same period last year.
4. Three of the four quarters last year posted at least 20 acquisitions.
5. The physician medical group mergers and acquisition market is expected to remain active this year. The continued consolidation will likely include medical groups acquiring other groups and large hospitals and health systems acquiring interest in primary medical groups.