Ask These Questions Before You Pursue an M&A Transaction

Your guide to making sure your transaction decisions are what’s best for your business

M&A remains a key growth strategy in 2022, with more than one in five healthcare CFOs (22%) planning to pursue M&A this year, according to the 2022 BDO Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey.

With high valuations and uncertainty around future market trends, it’s important that healthcare organizations carefully consider if an M&A deal is the right move for them, whether they’re on the buy- or sell-side. When looking at acquisitions made in the last three years, more than a third of healthcare CFOs said they either did not successfully capture available synergies (10%), or synergies fell short of expectations (24%).

Are you trying to determine if it’s the right time for M&A? We’ve provided a list of questions related to strategy, due diligence, integration and operations for both buy- and sell-side healthcare organizations. You should ensure you can answer all questions relevant to your intentions before deciding to go through with a transaction. While this is not a comprehensive list of all considerations for pursuing M&A, these questions can be used
to help you build a strong foundation for any deal you pursue.

 

For healthcare organizations looking to acquire a company:

 

 

 

For healthcare organizations looking to sell a company:

 

 

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