Bain Capital Expands its Pediatric Home Health Platform

by | Jan 18, 2017 6:28 pm | Home Health & Hospice, Private Equity | 0 comments

In less than a month, Bain Capital Private Equity has built a major pediatric home health care platform. It began on December 19,  2016, with Bain’s announcement that it was acquiring Dallas, Texas-based Epic Health Services, from Webster Capital. On January 17, 2017, the global private equity firm announced a deal for Atlanta, Georgia-based PSA Healthcare, sold by J.H. Whitney Capital Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed in either deal. J.H. Whitney acquired PSA Healthcare, then known as Pediatric Services of America, Inc., in March 2015, for an undisclosed price. PSA specialized in caring for medically fragile children at home, caring for more than 2,500 patients through 65... Read More »

Home Health Sector Closes 2016 in ‘Epic’ Deal

by | Dec 20, 2016 8:23 pm | Home Health & Hospice, Private Equity | 0 comments

The year is ending on a high note for mergers and acquisitions in the Home Health & Hospice sector. Deal volume reached 54 transactions by mid-December, and could go higher as we finish up the year. Last year ended with 51 transactions. Consolidation continued, as buyers such as Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) and Epic Health Services announced four acquisitions apiece. Three other companies, Almost Family (NASDAQ: AFAM), Jordan Health Services and PSA Healthcare, each made three acquisitions. Eight private equity firms made nine deals. Blue Wolf Capital Partners was the sole firm to announce two in this sector. Deal value wasn’t as impressive in 2016, but that is because some of... Read More »

PSA Healthcare Broadens its Texas Footprint

by | Nov 8, 2016 9:41 pm | Home Health & Hospice, Private Equity | 0 comments

PSA Healthcare, a portfolio company of J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, and a provider of pediatric home care for children with medical complexities, just expanded its presence in Texas to 12 offices with the acquisition of two Texas-based home health care agencies. The targets are Innovations Health Services of Tyler and San Antonio, Texas and Assure Home Healthcare of San Antonio, Texas. Both provide private-duty nursing to medically fragile children and their families in Texas. The Tyler location represents a new market for PSA. The San Antonio offices of Assure and Innovations represent a major investment in one of Texas’ largest markets for pediatric home care. This is PSA’s third... Read More »