Healthcare M&A Transaction Recap for the Year 2020 Share Article Leader in healthcare mergers and acquisitions. According to Cory Mertz, Managing Partner, Mertz Taggart, “We’re not surprised that Q4 was a big quarter. We called it months ago.” FORT MYERS, Fla. (PRWEB) February 04, 2021 Mertz Taggart, a healthcare mergers and acquisitions firm based in Fort Myers, Florida, announced its Q4 transactions for 2020, and overall 2020 transaction highlights, both surpassing expectations. 2020 was a turbulent year for healthcare M&A because of the global pandemic. Consequently, many transactions scheduled to close in the spring and early summer were put on hold until the looming threat of a capital gains tax increase from a new administration took root. This fear spurred many late Q4 closings. The result was a banner year for health care M&A.