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 | Sep 27, 2019 3:03 pm | Behavioral Health Care, Private Equity
Another private equity firm has thrown its hat in the autism ring. Golden Gate Capital announced its acquisition of Invo Holdings, LLC from The Jordan Company. The Jordan Company and Invo’s management will retain minority ownership stakes in the business. Invo... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Sep 23, 2019 1:30 pm | Hospitals
Yet another hospital bankruptcy has led to an auction and a sale. This time it was St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 188-bed hospital is a healthcare outpost in north Philly and one of only two children’s hospitals... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Sep 23, 2019 10:34 am | Hospitals, Private Equity
TPG Capital and its sponsored companies have been on a tear in 2019. Through its recently launched U.S. autism platform, Kadiant, the global private equity firm announced six deals since February. Its U.S.-based digital health company WellSky announced two deals in... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Sep 13, 2019 3:23 pm | Managed Care
Investors seem unfazed by the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate around the topic of “Medicare for All.” Mergers and acquisitions in the Managed Care sector are flowing quite well this year. Halfway through September, 20 deals have been... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Sep 10, 2019 4:21 pm | Medical Devices
Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) has been quiet on the merger and acquisition front since January 2018. The deal drought ended on September 10, 2019 when the med-tech company announced its acquisition of Cheetah Medical, based in Newton Center, Massachusetts. Cheetah... Read More »