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HEALTHCARE MERGERS/ACQUISITIONS—TRENDS WILL THE PACE OF M & A IN HEALTHCARE CONTINUE? I’m sensing that there is a leveling off. The practical reality is that, whether there are 95 transactions in “ the year or 110, it’s about in that same range, so I think we’ve been in the stable environment for four or five years. I think it’s going to continue to be at those stabilized levels. ” – Healthcare Informatics interview in 2016 with Kit Kamholz, managing director, Kaufman Hall Facts impacting mergers and acquisitions in healthcare: 14 % of organizations feel very prepared to manage the financial impact of healthcare reform with their current financial-planning processes and tools. 19 % of organizations are very confident in their team’s ability to quickly and easily make adjustments if business circumstances change suddenly. 22 % are modeling alternate scenarios (which could lead to merger/acquisition activity). Kaufman Hall 2017 CFO outlook: Performance Management Trends and Priorities in Healthcare