Acadia Healthcare Tidies Up Its UK Portfolio

With three announced acquisitions on the books in 2016, Acadia Healthcare Company (NASDAQ: ACHC) was forced to sell some of its portfolio, for a change. The Franklin, Tennessee-based behavioral health company has been quite active over in the United Kingdom since 2014, when it acquired Partnerships in Care (PiC) for $662 million.At the time, PiC was the second largest independent provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United Kingdom, operating 23 inpatient psychiatric facilities with more than 1,200 beds. The sale worked out to 2.3x price-to-revenue and 8.8x price-to-EBITDA. In 2015, Acadia added Care UK, Choice Lifestyles and The Manor Clinic. Care UK operates 15 inpatient... Read More »

Quorum Health Pares Its Rural Hospital Portfolio

Just as the Department of Health and Human Services reported that rural hospitals are better at reducing hospital-acquired infections and score better in value-based purchasing plans, Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) announced the sale of two of its 38 rural hospitals in October. One analyst says at least six more deals are pending. Quorum Health was spun out of the ailing Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) in April 2016. Community Health took on more than it could handle in 2013, when it announced its $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates, then a for-profit, 71-hospital chain in 15 states. With approximately 11,000 licensed beds, the price worked... Read More »

Three-Way Therapy Merger

On October 18, Casamba LLC, a leading supplier of enterprise software systems to large therapy providers in the United States, announced a three-company merger with HealthWyse and TherapySource. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, privately held HealthWyse serves the clinical, financial and regulatory needs for home health, hospice and private duty care through its fully integrated electronic medical record. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, privately held TherapySource provides clinical and billing solutions to more than 3,500 outpatient therapy clinics across the country through its TherapySource, Rehab Toolkit, and Revenue Cycle Services solutions. The addition of these two post-acute software... Read More »

Medical Device Deals Pick Up in October

Only a few weeks into the fourth quarter, and five medical device deals have been announced, putting the year’s total at 95. Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and St. Jude Medical’s (NYSE: STJ) $1.12 divestiture of certain vascular closure and electrophysiology assets is among these five October deals, and the only one to disclose a price. On October 18, Terumo Corporation (OTC:TRUMF) acquired St Jude’s Angio-Seal™ and Femoseal™ vascular closure products and Abbott’s Vado® Steerable Sheath. The $1.12 billion, all-cash deal is subject to the successful completion of Abbott’s acquisition of St. Jude Medical, which was announced in April 2016. All parties involved are bound by the terms of an... Read More »