Back to Smaller Hospital Deals

by | Mar 23, 2015 8:46 pm | Hospitals

Our annual 2015 Health Care Services Acquisition Report is getting ready to go to press, and we thought we’d share a bit of data on hospital transactions in recent years. Between 2008 and 2011, an average of 1.4 facilities were involved in each hospital deal. In 2012 and 2013, however, larger systems came into play, and the average number of facilities per transaction grew to 2.3 in 2012 and 3.4 in 2013. Despite the stronger market for hospitals last year, the average number of facilities per deal dropped to 1.8. The report will be available in early April, brimming with data on average price-per-bed, revenue-per-deal, and a look at M&A trends in nine service sectors. Reserve your copy... Read More »

Doc Group Acquisitions Pick Up

by | Mar 16, 2015 7:56 pm | Hospitals

After a few quiet weeks with no announcements, the Physician Medical Group sector got busy. Sheridan Healthcare, a subsidiary of AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG), acquired Radiology Associates of Hollywood (Florida), which handles radiology services for 12 hospitals and other facilities in Broward County. US Anesthesia Partners picked up another Texas-based practice, Excel Anesthesia, P.A., which it will merge into Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, one of its founding partners. Then Partners HealthCare System, which was spurned by the Massachusetts Attorney General in its bid for South Shore Hospital, turned around and angered the AG once again by acquiring Harbor Medical Associates in South... Read More »

Community Health Systems Buys into Five Oklahoma Hospitals

by | Mar 9, 2015 7:22 pm | Hospitals

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) bought out its joint venture partner, INTEGRIS Health, to take full title to five hospitals in Oklahoma: Blackwell Regional Hospital (53 beds), Clinton Regional Hospital (56 beds), Marshall County Medical Center (25 beds), Mayes County Medical Center (52 beds) and Seminole Medical Center (32 beds). The five hospitals were previously owned through a joint venture between INTEGRIS and subsidiaries of Health Management Associates, Inc., which Community Health announced it would acquire in July 2013, for $7.6 billion. No price was disclosed on this deal. Read More »