Acquisition | Ascension and Guthrie Clinic

To assess the degree of similarity between the announced acquisition between Guthrie Clinic & Ascension, we conducted an analysis of the acquired hospital for Guthrie Clinic (Our Lady Lourdes Hospital) and the largest hospital for Guthrie Clinic, Robert Packer Hospital. The analysis reveals that Our Lady Lourdes Hospital and Robert Packer Hospital
have a SimilarityIndex™ M&A Score of 66.10, or a distance of 33.90. Said differently, using Robert Packer Hospital as the index hospital, Our Lady Lourdes Hospital is the 1132nd most similar hospital out of the 2,299 hospitals in the national analysis, revealing that there are other hospitals that are operationally, financially and competitively more similar. An M&A strategy driven by clinical, operational, and financial similarity would lead to different partners for each system. Our Lady Lourdes Hospital and Robert Packer Hospital data are sourced from FY21 Cost Reports.