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"The strong pace of M&A activity continued through the second quarter, while the profile of the organizations pursuing partnerships and the underlying strategic rationale continued to shift," said Courtney Midanek, managing director and coleader of the company's M&A practice.

Agreement clears a key hurdle for Omnicare's Chapter 11 reorganization and planned sale after last year's nearly $949 million fraud judgment.

Williamson Health plans to join Ascension Saint Thomas in a transaction valued at nearly $1 billion, becoming one of the latest independent health systems to pursue a larger partner before financial pressures escalate.

The drugmaker's decision to eliminate the hospital's 340B pricing access violates Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the complaint alleges.

The revised codes replace the decades-old global maternity-care bundle with a reporting framework that captures four distinct phases of care -- antepartum care, labor management, delivery and postpartum.

UnitedHealth, Integrity and two independent pharmacy benefits have also announced deals.