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Background and Assignment. The Introduction identified M&As as a compelling trend with recent origins traced to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. The purpose of this Assignment is to develop a further understanding of this trend coupled with an appreciation of its advantages and limitations.

This will be accomplished by researching informed responses to the following questions: Outline

A. Provide a Definition of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) as They Related to HCOs, Especially Hospitals.

B. What are the Stated Purposes of Healthcare M&As?

C. Does the Evidence/Arguments Support Positive Merger Outcomes?

D. Does the Evidence/Arguments Support Negative Merger Outcomes?

E. Based on Your Research, Can You Argue that Mergers are Positive? Why or Why Not?

Sources. I have provided sources to consider for developing responses to the above questions. The text provides good introductory information on the issue in the early pages of Chapter 16. The NEJM articles are always nicely organized and informationally concise. Assignment Formatting. Use the above questions as topic headers for your papers outline. Single-space your response to each question. Again, one or two general sentences is in sufficient for this assignment.