


Best Buy Partners with Geisinger for Chronic Care Management
Minneapolis-based retail giant Best Buy has announced plans to expand its at-home care offerings through a partnership with Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger Health. Best Buy and Geisinger plan to co-create a chronic care management package in which Best Buy will supply patient engagement and monitoring, and Geisinger will bring clinical expertise to healthcare organizations. Geisinger Health comprises 10 hospitals, as well as a health plan with more than half a million members. The health system has 25,000 employees and more than 1,700 physicians. The health system also has 133 primary care and specialty clinic sites and serves 67 counties. In 2021, Geisinger... Read More »HCA’s Q2 Revenue Gets a Boost from Higher Patient Volumes
Despite industry headwinds, one of the country’s largest health systems reported higher revenues in its quarterly earnings. HCA, Inc.’s revenues in the second quarter of 2023 increased to $15.9 billion, compared to $14.8 billion in the second quarter of 2022, according to its newly released results. Net income totaled $1.193 billion, or $4.29 per diluted share, compared to $1.155 billion, or $3.90 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2022. The second quarter of 2022 results included losses on sales of facilities of $32 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, and losses on retirement of debt of $78 million, or $0.20 per diluted share. For the second quarter of 2023, Adjusted EBITDA... Read More »
Community Health Systems Divests 3 Hospitals in Florida
Tampa General Hospital has agreed to buy three Florida-based hospitals from a subsidiary of Community Health Systems. The hospitals, which collectively make up the Bravera Health network, include 120-bed Bravera Health Brooksville in Brooksville, Florida, 128-bed Bravera Health Seven Rivers in Crystal River, Florida, 124-bed Bravera Health Spring Hill in Spring Hill, Florida, and their associated assets. The cash consideration is approximately $280 million, excluding anticipated purchase price adjustments for net working capital and the amount of capital leases assumed by the buyer. Total cash consideration to be received, inclusive of these items, is estimated to be... Read More »
It’s Not Just a Private Equity Game – Traditional Health Systems Are Consolidating, Too
Levin Associates attended AHLA’s Health Care Transactions Conference on April 17-19, 2023, and the insights shared below are from panel discussions our writer observed in person. Healthcare investments among private equity firms have attracted a lot of attention in recent years but they’re far from the only players looking to consolidate the market. Traditional not-for-profit health systems are pursuing mergers and acquisitions too, with an emphasis on cross-market deals. Health systems are facing financial threats. Traditional health systems are looking to develop stronger economies of scale because right now, there is a revenue problem. Hospitals are facing serious financial constraints,... Read More »