LifePoint Health & Kindred Healthcare Announce Merger
LifePoint Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kindred Healthcare, LLC, the two companies announced late Monday. The deal brings together two major players in the acute and post-acute healthcare market. LifePoint Health, a subsidiary of RCCH HealthCare Partners, owns and operates community hospitals, regional health systems, physician practices, outpatient centers and post-acute facilities across the country. Kindred Healthcare is the nation’s leading specialty hospital company delivering acute health services in its long-term acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, acute rehabilitation units, and behavioral health line of business, all specializing in... Read More »
Prisma Health Picks Up Three LifePoint Hospitals
Not-for-profit Prisma Health, based in Greenville, South Carolina, has stayed out of the news since it was formed by the merger of Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health. That changed in March, with the announcement that it was adding three hospitals operated by LifePoint Health. Financial terms of the asset purchase agreement weren’t disclosed. Prisma Health operates 18 hospitals around the state, with 2,984 beds and more than 300 physician practice sites. The merger between Greenville Health and Palmetto Health was first announced in 2017, as several mid-sized health systems began to form larger regional systems. The merger became official in January 2019. LifePoint Health,... Read More »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 »
U.S. Hospital REIT Deals Surge in 2019
It’s become an accepted, almost expected, transaction. Privately held hospitals sell their real estate assets to a real estate investment trust (REIT) to get some fresh cash and to focus on operations rather than physical plants. Between 2009 and 2012, REIT deals for U.S. hospitals were announced once or twice a year. The number rose to six per year in 2013, 2015 and 2016 (just three in 2014). After two years of two or three deals annually (2017 and 2018), the number has already reached seven in 2019, with several weeks of deal making left in the year. The most recent deal was announced on November 5, as LifePoint Health agreed to sell the real estate assets of 10 unidentified... Read More »Schedule a demo
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