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 | Mar 9, 2020 3:25 pm | Healthcare Market Updates
Of course, we have to suggest that February’s abysmal deal volume—just 96 reported so far—may be the result of fears about the coronavirus. The reality is that the stock markets began swooning in late January, but managed to post a few bounce-back days here and there.... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Mar 9, 2020 3:10 pm | Hospitals
The hospital market was more active in 2019 than it has been since 2015, with 99 deals reaching the definitive agreement stage or closed. In 2015, 100 deals were announced. In the years in between, deal volume dropped from 89 in 2016 to 81 in 2018. Many not-for-profit... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Mar 2, 2020 11:46 am | Physician Medical Groups
Arizona’s Banner Health continues to beef up its physician roster. In February, the not-for-profit health system added Desert Vascular Specialists and The Orthopedic Clinic Association (TOCA). Banner Health owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals in six... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Mar 2, 2020 11:06 am | eHealth
It’s been a few years, four to be exact, since NaviHealth announced an acquisition. The silence was broken in late February, when it acquired Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IHD). The deal is part of NaviHealth’s mission to extend non-clinical services... Read More »
by Lisa Phillips | Feb 24, 2020 10:57 am | Behavioral Health Care, Private Equity
Two private equity firms exited an investment and one dove into it. The target, Ascent Behavioral Health, is a portfolio company of Monroe Capital and Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The Salt Lake City-based company provides wilderness therapy, residential treatment and... Read More »