Q3:15 Health Care Deal Volume

by | Oct 26, 2015 9:15 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

We’re just about to publish our third quarter results this week, but wanted to give you a sneak preview of how the third quarter stacks up against Q2:15 and the same quarter a year ago. Here’s the chart. SectorQ3:15 DealsQ2:15 DealsChangeQ3:14 DealsChange Services Behavioral Health Care10667%4150% Home Health & Hospice9650%15-40% Hospitals332438%1974% Labs, MRI & Dialysis16157%8100% Long-Term Care906538%856% Managed Care12850%5140% Physician Medical Groups1522-32%147% Rehabilitation7617%540% Other Services464015%3628% Services subtotal23819224%19125% Technology Biotechnology413421%27%52% eHealth3334-3%34-3% Medical Devices31297%2619% Pharmaceuticals423811%67-37%... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care M&A, by Spending

by | Oct 19, 2015 8:56 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

Last week we shared our data on health care M&A by sector in the third quarter of 2015. Here’s a look at the same sectors, by share of the dollars spent. If you’ve been following health care M&A at all, you won’t be surprised that the Managed Care sector (health insurers) accounts for about 50% of the $198 billion spent. That total, by the way, is also a new quarterly record. Look for The Health Care M&A Report, Third Quarter, for more in-depth analysis by sector. Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care M&A, By Sector

by | Oct 12, 2015 8:56 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Rehabilitation

Health care M&A in the third quarter was quite robust, with 385 transations reported across 13 sectors. That’s a new record for any third quarter, by the way. We’ll have the full break-out in The Health Care M&A Report, Third Quarter 2015, due to be published by the end of this month. In the meantime, here’s how the sectors fared in Q3:15. Read More »

Teva Acquires Respiratory Care Software Platform

by | Sep 28, 2015 8:59 am | eHealth, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals

Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE: TEVA) has had a busy year, making four divestitures and four acquisitions. Last week it tipped the balance in favor of acquisitions, with the purchase of privately held Gecko Health Solutions in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gecko’s CareTRx™ platform is a novel cloud-based solution designed to simplify chronic respiratory disease management, connecting patients and caregivers through remote monitoring and real-time adherence tools. Teva hopes to apply the CareTRx technology to its pipeline and portfolio of respiratory products. Read More »

Telehealth Attracts Big Players

by | Sep 14, 2015 8:57 am | eHealth

At every healthcare deal making conference we attend, some speaker or moderator inevitably declares, “Telehealth is the wave of the future.” Those observations are coming true, based on the deals we’ve seen in 2015. Last week, Cox Communications, the broadband/cable giant from Georgia, added Trapollo LLC, a privately held nationwide telehealth and remote monitoring company to its growing arsenal of telehealth companies under Vivre Health umbrella. Cox teamed up with Cleveland Clinic earlier this year to form Vivre Health, and invested in HealthSpot, a telehealth technology company that also added Xerox (NYSE: XRX) as an investor last November. Trapollo is wholly owned by Cox, which is... Read More »

Cardinal Health Buys NaviHealth

by | Aug 31, 2015 8:47 am | eHealth, Other Services, Private Equity

Rumors surfaced last week that Nashville-based NaviHealth, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, was about to be acquired by Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH). Our friend in Nashville, Milt Capps, published the story on his Venture Nashville Connections blog on August 24. Sure enough, the story was verified on August 25 when Cardinal issued a FAQ statement about the $290 million deal. What does a medical products distributor like Cardinal see in a post-acute care coordinator like NaviHealth? Quite a lot, since its sweet spot is managing bundled payments in the post-acute continuum of care. The acquisition of even 71% of NaviHealth gives Cardinal Health scale and the... Read More »