PE Firm Waud Capital Partners Acquires Fusion Healthcare Staffing, Forms Fusion Health
Chicago-based private equity firm Waud Capital Partners has acquired Fusion Healthcare Staffing for an undisclosed price. In connection with the deal, Waud Capital Partners, in partnership with healthcare executives Bales Nelson and Allen Dye, has formed Fusion Health. Fusion Health will offer staffing services to healthcare facilities, providers and health plans, working to help with a variety of episodic clinical resource needs through technology-focused services. Nelson will serve as chief executive officer of Fusion Health and Dye will serve as president. Headquartered in Sandy, Utah, Fusion Healthcare Staffing is a provider of staffing services to hospitals and healthcare providers... Read More »
Espire Dental Expands Colorado Presence
Espire Dental, a portfolio company of Denver-based private equity firm, Rallyday Partners, announced on March 23 that it acquired Fox Creek Family Dental, a nine-physician dental practice. Fox Creek Family Dental provides dental care from Longmont, Loveland, Broomfield, Thorton and Westminster, Colorado. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Espire Dental is an integrated dental organization with more than 20 practices across Colorado, California, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The addition of the five dental locations strengthens Espire’s position in Colorado. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The deal follows Espire’s acquisition last month of La Costa Dental... Read More »
Winter Park Ophthalmology Joins Private Equity-Backed Ascend Vision Partners
Ascend Vision Partners (AVP), backed by private equity firm Chicago Pacific Founders, announced a partnership with Winter Park Ophthalmology. AVP will perform the business functions for the practice, including legal and regulatory compliance, insurance negotiations, human resources, IT, finance, marketing, legal guidance and more. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Led by Dr. Rebecca Kurzon, Winter Park Ophthalmology treats patients in Winter Park, Florida, for medical diseases of the eye and provides ocular surgery such as cataract removal and routine exams. Established in 2022, AVP delivers business solutions for eye care professionals. The company’s 300 employees provide eye... Read More »
SonderMind Acquires Mindstrong’s Tech Assets
SonderMind, a Denver, Colorado-based digital mental health company, is acquiring Mindstrong’s remaining technology assets in a deal that will end the latter company’s six-year run in the mental health space. Mindstrong stopped providing service to patients on March 10 and closed its Menlo Park, California headquarters. SonderMind will hire approximately 20 of Mindstrong’s employees. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mindstrong was founded in 2017 as a company that would use biomarkers to detect mental health conditions. The company eventually shifted to treating mental health through smartphone-based therapy and other services. Founded in 2014, SonderMind is... Read More »
Miltenyi Biotec Acquires lino Biotech
Miltenyi Biotec, a Bergisch Gladbach, Germany-based company, announced on March 22 that it acquired lino Biotech. Miltenyi Biotec purchased 100% of the shares from investors such as Switzerland-based Roche Venture Fund and Germany-based Hightech-Grunderfonds. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company initiated the transaction and acted as the exclusive financial advisor to lino Biotech. lino Biotech is the world’s only company specialized in focal molography – a new method for measuring molecular interactions in living cells or crude biological samples. It is based in Zurich and was founded in 2020. Miltenyi Biotec has been a global provider of products and services for biomedical research... Read More »
Endodontic Practice Partners Acquires 14 Practices
Endodontic Practice Partners (EPP), a portfolio company of Cincinnati-based private equity firm RC Capital, acquired 14 endodontic practices based in Washington and Oregon, adding 16 providers to its network. In Oregon, 13 doctors across 12 practices were acquired. The practices serve the Tualatin, Corvallis, Albany, Eugene, Gresham, Portland, Salem, Oregon City and the Beaverton areas. In Washington, three doctors within two practices operating out of Vancouver and the Everett regions were bought. EPP is a network of private endodontic practices. It is based in Brentwood, Tennessee and was founded in 2019. The EPP geographic footprint of affiliates now spans across nine... Read More »
OrthoAlliance Buys Ohio-Based Precision Orthopaedic Specialties
OrthoAlliance, a physician-led management services organization (MSO) for orthopedic groups, announced a new partnership with Precision Orthopaedic Specialties, Inc. Precision Orthopaedics brings a team of 10 physicians and three offices to its partnership with OrthoAlliance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, Precision Orthopaedic Specialties was the first fully specialized independent orthopaedic practice in Geauga County. In addition to a main office in Chardon, Precision Orthopaedics has locations in Auburn and Middlefield that offer orthopaedic surgery, spine surgery, sports medicine, podiatry, physical therapy, imaging, athletic training, pain management and... Read More »
Montecito Medical Acquires ASC in Dallas-Fort Worth MSA
Montecito Medical Real Estate announced on March 22 its acquisition of a 14,600-square-foot ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in Granbury, Texas. The property is 100% leased to Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in Granbury. Physicians at the multispecialty surgery center, which includes four operating rooms, perform gastroenterology, neurology, ENT, ophthalmology, orthopedics, urology, pain management and podiatry procedures. The acquisition in Granbury expands Montecito’s footprint in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth MSA. Since the beginning of 2021, the company has acquired 15 medical office properties in the region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Montecito Medical specializes in... Read More »