U.S. Hospital Deals and Trends, YTD 2019
Winding down to the end of 2019, it’s a good time to take stock of this year’s U.S. hospital M&A market. In mid-November, we have 70 transactions on the books, up 16% compared with the same period in 2018. But 2019 M&A activity has taken a decidedly different path from the deals of 2018. One striking statistic: Just half the number of beds have traded hands in 2019. By this time in 2018, the bed-count in target hospitals was 25,309. In 2019, there are only 12,901 (-49%). In 2018, a few major systems changed hands, which pushed up the bed total. The largest was Apollo Global Management’s $5.6 billion take-private deal for LifePoint Health (formerly NASDAQ: LPNT),... Read More »
Q3:2018 Health Care Deal Dollar Volume
A total of $30.4 billion was spent to fund the 435 transactions reported in Q3:18, based on disclosed prices. The Hospital sector dominated the dollar side of deal making for the first time since 2013, accounting for 27% ($8.2 billion) of spending. A single deal accounted for 68% of the Hospital sector’s total, as RCCH HealthCare Partners, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, took LifePoint Health (NASDAQ: LPNT) private in a $5.6 billion deal. As the largest deal announced during the quarter, it accounted for just 18% of the $30.4 billion total. The Other Services sector made up 16% ($4.8 billion) of spending in the third quarter. Two deals helped to put this sector on the... Read More »
LifePoint Health Goes Private with Apollo Global Management
More for-profit hospitals are landing in the hands of private equity firms. On July 23, LifePoint Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) announced its acquisition by private equity firm Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) for $5.6 billion. It will be merged with Apollo’s portfolio company, RCCH HealthCare Partners. The deal takes LifePoint Health private, although the combined company will operate under the LifePoint Health name and will be led by LifePoint’s current chairman and CEO, William F. Carpenter III. The combined company will have 84 non-urban hospitals in 30 states, pro forma 2017 revenues of more than $8 billion, as well as 7,000 affiliated physicians, approximately 60,000... Read More »Community Health Sells 4 Rural Hospitals
Financially troubled Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) announced the sale of four rural hospitals on September 28, as it tries to pare down its $15 billion in debt. And more announcements are in the works. Curae Health, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting rural healthcare services, agreed to take on the four facilities, three of which are in Mississippi and one in Florida. They are Merit Health Gilmore Memorial (95 beds), Merit Health Batesville (112 beds), Merit Health Northwest Mississippi (181 beds) and Highlands Regional Medical Center (126 beds). In November 2014, Curae Health emerged as the owner of three rural Alabama hospitals being sold by LifePoint... Read More »Schedule a demo
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