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Health systems are expected to ramp up their dealmaking activity next year but deep divides have emerged between for-profit and not-for-profit approaches.

Also, this week’s Weird Number: $172 billion. That the amount of projected federal 10-year savings from site-neutral payment requirements on hospital billing in Medicaid included in a proposed Republican reconciliation package.

One More Thing: Five approaches health systems are using to get ready for the 2027 start of bit Medicaid cuts.

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