Beyond the Acquisition: Health System Partnerships & PE’s Next Move
| Monday, October 5, 2026 |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM |
| Zlotnik Ballroom |
Overview
Healthcare transaction activity continues to evolve amid changing reimbursement pressures, workforce shortages, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and ongoing consolidation across the provider landscape. This session will provide attendees with a practical market update on healthcare transactions involving both health systems and independent physician practices, including emerging trends in provider alignment, strategic affiliations, and private equity investment activity.
The panel will discuss how health systems and physician groups are approaching joint ventures and partnership models to achieve operational scale, improve care coordination, expand specialty service lines, and respond to competitive market pressures. Speakers will examine common transaction structures, governance considerations, and operational challenges associated with these arrangements.
The session will also explore the continued role of private equity in healthcare, including investment trends in physician practice management platforms, management services organization (MSO) models, and specialty-focused roll-up strategies. Panelists will address financial and valuation trends, along with the evolving regulatory landscape impacting transactions, including antitrust scrutiny, corporate practice of medicine considerations, and increasing oversight of healthcare investments.
The panelists will discuss current market examples and practical transaction insights, which will provide attendees with an overview of how strategic, financial, and regulatory considerations are shaping today’s healthcare deal environment and influencing future transaction activity.
Arielle Schmeck
Partner
J Taylor and Associates, LLC
Speaker
Arielle joined JTaylor in 2016 and provides consulting and valuation services. Arielle’s fields of expertise include transaction advisory, due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions, and business valuations. Clients served by Arielle in the healthcare industry include independent physician practices and national physician management companies, ambulatory surgery centers, free-standing cancer clinics, and large multi-hospital and health systems.
Arielle graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters of Accountancy. Arielle is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Prior to joining JTaylor, Arielle worked at Ernst & Young in the Audit Practice.
Presenter
Cheryl Murray
Arielle Schmeck
Partner
J Taylor and Associates, LLC
