Pete Lawson has more than 35 years of experience in both healthcare operations and mergers & acquisitions. He's spent time with both investor owned and not-for-profit health system, and has served as a hospital CEO and multi-facility corporate leader. Now, as a consultant and strategist, he brings his background on both the buy side and sell side to guide client hospitals through the transaction process.

Here, he talks about what's going on with distressed hospitals, particularly (but certainly not exclusively) in rural areas.

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