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What private equity ownership doesn't tell you
The role of private equity in hospital, health system, and medical group ownership has received increasing coverage over the past few...

Christopher Kerns
May 30, 20246 min read


We're neither angry nor disappointed
As nearly everyone reading this will know by now, 2024 could be known in healthcare as the Great Retailer Retrenchment. (I coined that....

Christopher Kerns
May 7, 20246 min read


The flywheel and the hedge
We've been talking about the hedge-and-flywheel strategy of the big vertically consolidated healthcare companies for a while now, most...

Christopher Kerns
Apr 24, 20243 min read


Spending is up and mortality is down
The healthcare industry takes a lot of well-earned flack for cost, inefficiency, difficulty of use . . . I could go on, but I won't,...

Christopher Kerns
Apr 16, 20243 min read


When we hit a fifth of GDP
One of the most common laments I hear about the healthcare industry surrounds its share of the U.S. economy. Healthcare first hit 10% of...

Christopher Kerns
Mar 21, 20243 min read


Four predictions for the smart money in 2024
As any casual reader here will surmise, Union Healthcare Insight neither provides investment recommendations, nor endorses companies,...

Christopher Kerns
Feb 26, 20247 min read


PE pulls back and strategic buyers step up
Because we can't help ourselves, we're including two slides in this week's Slide[s] of the Week. Today we're looking at private equity's...

Christopher Kerns
Feb 20, 20242 min read


The big bet of General Catalyst and Summa Health
Last week’s announcement that General Catalyst had signed a letter of intent to acquire Summa Health been awaited for several months....

Christopher Kerns
Jan 25, 20249 min read


The future of innovation—previewing Union’s latest report
We at Union Healthcare Insight are kicking off the new year the same way we closed last year: Keeping a sharp eye on healthcare...

Kirsta Hackmeier
Jan 3, 20247 min read


What DEI leaders can do to keep equity on the agenda in 2024
Last month we were invited by our friends at Seramount, a research and consulting firm specializing in workforce inclusivity, to host a...

Kirsta Hackmeier
Nov 21, 20236 min read


We asked healthcare leaders what innovations they’re most excited about, here’s what they told us.
This fall we’ve been sitting down with healthcare experts from across the industry to talk to them about the future of innovation. Today...

Kirsta Hackmeier
Oct 12, 20235 min read


In praise of middle-ground strategy discussions
Why we developed the ‘Board Briefing’ series for members and the general public In our many years of working with healthcare...

Amanda Berra & Yulan Egan
Sep 26, 20234 min read
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