March Continues 2025’s Sluggish Start, Dipping 16% In Deal Volume

March Continues 2025’s Sluggish Start, Dipping 16% In Deal Volume

The 2025 healthcare M&A market is off to a slow start, based on preliminary results for the first three months. Continuing to dip from the 223 announced in January 2025, there have been 126 transactions reported, to date, in March, according to data captured in the LevinPro HC database. This is on par with the 124 transactions reported in February 2025. However, March represents a 16% drop from the 150 in March 2024. Additionally, March brings Q1:25’s total deal volume to 482 transactions, representing a 6% decline from 511 transactions announced during Q1:24. The most active sector was Physician Medical Groups (PMG) with 36 recorded deals for March. It is not surprising that PMG had... Read More »
AvaSure Buys Wisconsin Startup Nurse Disrupted

AvaSure Buys Wisconsin Startup Nurse Disrupted

AvaSure announced on March 31 the acquisition of Madison, Wisconsin-based startup Nurse Disrupted for an undisclosed price. Nurse Disrupted is a nurse-led virtual nursing software company that creates telehealth programs for virtual nursing in hospitals and homeless shelters. AvaSure is an intelligent virtual care platform that healthcare providers use to engage with patients, optimize staffing and seamlessly blend remote and in-person care at scale. AvaSure is based in Belmont, Michigan. According to the original deal press release, this marks AvaSure’s second acquisition in nine months, following the purchase of Ouva’s smart room AI technology. Additionally, Tufts Medical Center will... Read More »
U.K.-Based Spire Healthcare Acquires Acorn Occupational Health

U.K.-Based Spire Healthcare Acquires Acorn Occupational Health

Spire Healthcare Group announced on April 1 that it is acquiring Acorn Occupational Health for an initial cost of £3.3 million (approximately $4.3 million). Acorn Occupational Health provides occupational health services to corporate clients across multiple sectors, as well as public sector clients including the NHS. According to the original deal press release from April 1, 2025, Acorn generated EBITDA of approximately $812,700 in 2024. Spire Healthcare Group is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom. The company’s 39 hospitals and eight clinics across England, Wales and Scotland provide diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care to insured, self-pay... Read More »
Behind the Deal: PGP Advises on Transaction with a Graham Group-Backed Acquirer

Behind the Deal: PGP Advises on Transaction with a Graham Group-Backed Acquirer

Physician Growth Partners (PGP) announced that it advised on the acquisition of Oasis Behavioral Health Urgent Care and GBCC Behavioral Health by Orchard Mental Health Group. The deal was announced in February 2025, but had been in the works for several months prior. PGP is a sell-side healthcare investment banking firm dedicated to representing independent physician practices in transactions with private equity. As part of the deal, GBCC acquired Oasis, and then Orchard acquired the combined entity. PGP advised GBCC in the deal. GBCC Behavioral Health is a comprehensive mental health center that has been providing services since 1996. The company’s provider network offers... Read More »
Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry Acquires Night and Day Dental Locations 

Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry Acquires Night and Day Dental Locations 

Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry, based in Oxford, North Carolina, announced on March 25 that it was expanding its presence in its home state with the acquisition of two Night and Day Dental locations.   The two locations are in Concord and Independence, North Carolina. The number of physicians on staff at each location was not disclosed. Night and Day Dental has an additional nine locations throughout the state.  Founded in 2000, Riccobene Associates offers a comprehensive suite of dental services, ranging from cosmetic, dental implants, general dentistry and pediatric dentistry. It was acquired by Comvest Private Equity in 2024.  This represents Riccobene... Read More »
Montecito Medical Buys Gaffney, SC Medical Outpatient Building

Montecito Medical Buys Gaffney, SC Medical Outpatient Building

Montecito Medical Real Estate announced that it has acquired a 29,000-square-foot medical outpatient building (MOB) in Gaffney, South Carolina. The 29,000-square-foot MOB is fully occupied by Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. The MOB serves as an outpatient primary care and cancer center for Spartanburg Regional Healthcare. Montecito Medical specializes in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and funding. Since 2006, it has completed transactions involving more than $6.5 billion in medical and veterinary real estate transactions. “We are extremely pleased to acquire this excellent medical property and to partner with such a respected and successful health care system,” said... Read More »
CBRE Facilitates $5 Million Sale of Newport Beach Medical Outpatient Building 

CBRE Facilitates $5 Million Sale of Newport Beach Medical Outpatient Building 

On March 24, CBRE announced that it facilitated the sale of a Newport Beach, California medical outpatient building (MOB) for $5 million. The buyer was not disclosed.   Equity Enterprises LTD, a wealth management firm based in Wauwatosa, Washington, was the seller.   The MOB is currently 62% leased to four tenants. It is located across from Hoag Newport Beach, a 498-bed acute care hospital. The price was $560 per square foot.  CBRE’s Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson and Harry Su represented Equity Enterprises LTD.  According to data in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction represents the 46th MOB acquisition of 2025. Throughout 2024, there... Read More »
Heartland Dental Announces Fifth Acquisition of 2025 

Heartland Dental Announces Fifth Acquisition of 2025 

On March 19, Heartland Dental, majority-owned by KKR, announced that it acquired Anchor Point Dental Care, its fifth acquisition of 2025. The financial terms were not disclosed.  Anchor Point Dental Care operates one location in Newport News, Virginia. It is run by Dr. Mark Artzer.  Heartland Dental is a dental support organization providing non-clinical, administrative support services with more than 2,600 doctors in more than 1,650 locations across 38 states.   Previously in 2025, Heartland Dental acquired practices in Arizona, Florida, Michigan and South Carolina. In total, the company has expanded its network by nine physicians since the start of the year. ... Read More »
Hospital M&A Stalls in Q1:25 Amid Headwinds

Hospital M&A Stalls in Q1:25 Amid Headwinds

News and results from the Hospital M&A market have been mixed in 2025 so far. Deal activity has been slow, with 11 transactions on the books at the time of writing, according to data captured in the LevinPro HC platform. Those numbers trail what we saw in Q1:24, which had 15 deal announcements. There are some likely explanations for this slowdown. Health systems and hospitals are undoubtedly lobbying and fighting the suspected Medicaid cuts from the Republican legislature and Trump Administration. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and the President have said Medicaid is safe, but to reach their desired cuts and budget, there’s no way around the numbers. The advocacy group America’s... Read More »
EyeSouth Partners Expands in Illinois  

EyeSouth Partners Expands in Illinois  

EyeSouth Partners, a portfolio company of private equity firm Olympus Partners as of 2022, announced that it acquired Retina Institute of Illinois.  Retina Institute of Illinois is an eye care practice with nine locations in Illinois (Niles, Crystal Lake, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Gurnee, Huntley, Lombard, Oak Park and Elgin). According to its website, there are 10 physicians on staff.  EyeSouth Partners, is an eye care services organization in the Southeast. EyeSouth’s affiliate network consists of 38 practices with more than 300 doctors providing medical and surgical eye care services at more than 180 locations including 20 surgery centers throughout Georgia, Texas, Louisiana,... Read More »