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 | Dec 9, 2019 2:00 pm | Healthcare Market Updates
Thanksgiving came very late in November this year, landing on the 28th. That cuts the December shopping season down to four weeks, but it extended the time frame for getting deals done. With a preliminary total of 126 transactions for the month, it doesn’t feel as if... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Dec 9, 2019 12:24 pm | Healthcare Market Updates
Here’s a prediction: Healthcare M&A will remain strong in 2020, at least until the November presidential election. Unless a recession hits before then. All of the analysts, lawyers and investment bankers we’ve spoken to in recent months agree on that scenario.... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Nov 26, 2019 2:46 pm | Home Health & Hospice
DFW Home Health, a Dallas-based home health provider jointly owned by LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG), Texas Health Resources and Methodist Health System, acquired Healthcare Resources, a home health provider serving patients and families in Arlington, Texas. Healthcare... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Nov 26, 2019 2:45 pm | Home Health & Hospice, Private Equity
It’s been a busy year in the Home Health & Hospice sector. Deal volume is poised to surpass the record 85 transactions announced in 2018. Through late November, 79 deals are in our DealSearchOnline database and more are expected before year-end. Home health... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Nov 22, 2019 3:46 pm | Hospitals
Winding down to the end of 2019, it’s a good time to take stock of this year’s U.S. hospital M&A market. In mid-November, we have 70 transactions on the books, up 16% compared with the same period in 2018. But 2019 M&A activity has taken a... Read More »