The McKinsey Healthcare Practice’s Transact to Build & Scale solution seeks to help increase access to quality, patient-centered care as a strategic imperative for health systems across the country.
Increased access has been shown to benefit not just patients, but also providers and healthcare-services organizations. Integration across the healthcare value chain is rising, along with profit pools, which favor healthcare-service organizations. These industry forces make a compelling case for the exploration of new business building in high-potential segments for companies across the healthcare-services value chain.
Combining programmatic M&A and serial business-building principles—two methods that can drive growth independently—can accelerate integration and value capture for healthcare-services organizations, which ultimately leads to higher system efficiency and patient satisfaction. From acquisition planning and deal execution to asset integration and scaling, the Transact to Build & Scale playbook codifies success factors for serial M&A-focused business builders.
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