About Lisa Phillips
Lisa Phillips is an experienced Healthcare M&A Expert, B2B writer, research analyst, and journalist. She joined Irving Levin Associates in December 2012 as Editor of The Health Care Information Source and all its companion products, the weekly Health Care Deal News, the monthly Health Care M&A News, the quarterly Health Care M&A Report and annual Health Care Services Acquisition Report.
Lisa has more than 25 years of reporting, writing and researching content for trade publications such as Advertising Age, American Demographics, The American Lawyer and Folio:. She helped to launch a new line of business research at Gartner, Inc., as Editorial Director of GartnerG2. Her previous position was as a Senior Analyst at eMarketer, Inc.
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by Lisa Phillips | Feb 24, 2020 10:25 am | Long-Term Care
Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) announced the largest deal so far in the month of February, by price, at least. It’s been a slow month for healthcare mergers and acquisitions, so the selling price of $740 million is leading the pack. The portfolio consists of... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Feb 12, 2020 1:22 pm | Medical Devices
Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: OFIX), a global medical device company focused on musculoskeletal healing products, extended its product line with a deal for the Fitbone limb lengthening system. Privately held Wittenstein SE, based in Igersheim, Germany, will get $18... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Feb 12, 2020 12:46 pm | Specialty Pharmacies
Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville, a locally owned member of Atlanta-based Guardian Pharmacy Services (GPS), has acquired the long-term care division of Atkinson’s Pharmacy, which offers compound and specialty pharmacy services for the long-term care industry,... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Feb 12, 2020 11:15 am | Long-Term Care, Rehabilitation
HCR ManorCare, the second largest skilled nursing operator in the United States, has sold Heartland Rehabilitation and MileStone Staffing Services to Grant Avenue Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm in New York. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HCR... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Feb 12, 2020 10:38 am | Hospitals
Western Maryland Health System (WMHS) has officially joined Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Western Maryland operates the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center (200 licensed beds) and serves the residents of Cumberland, Maryland and surrounding counties in Maryland,... Read More »