Based on preliminary numbers, there were 119 deals announced in June 2020, a 19% increase over deal volume in May 2020. June’s transaction volume was largely boosted by a surge in eHealth activity, which accounted for 20% of deal volume. The 24 deals announced in June even tops June 2019’s eHealth activity, where only 16 transactions... Read More »
A leading provider of correctional healthcare services is now under new management. Flacks Group, a privately held global investment firm, announced on June 30 it was acquiring Corizon Health Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Corizon Health has provided evidence-based healthcare services to states and municipalities across the country for more... Read More »
A portfolio company of NMS Capital announced in the last week of June it has acquired a Maryland-based dermatology practice, capping off a busy month for the private equity firm. Anne Arundel Dermatology Management (ADM) purchased Chevy Chase Cosmetic Center and Dermatology & Cosmetics Surgery Associates (CCCC), a dermatology practice founded... Read More »
The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) is having a good start to the third quarter. The healthcare services company announced on July 1 it acquired two home health & two hospice agencies with multiple locations across southeastern Idaho and northern Utah from Signature Health Care at Home. The acquired locations will operate under the... Read More »
The Health Care M&A deals chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The M&A transactions presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated daily to provide our subscribers with the most up-to-date information and trends in the healthcare industry. The largest deal... Read More »
On June 18 Bravo Wellness announced the acquisition of Push, a Chicago-based managed care company, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2008, Bravo Wellness provides employers and health plans with configurable employee wellness programs that can strengthen employee benefits and drive down long-term claims. The company has about two million members. Bravo is looking to compete in the performance-based wellness market, and Push would give them an advantage. Launched in 2011, Push leverages technology and behavioral economics to motivate people to improve their health, producing real benefits for health plans, self-insured employers, and their valued members. It also specializes in developing... Read More »
In late April, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released two reports on the financial state of their respective programs, and you’ve probably guessed, the outlook is grim. Without accounting for the adverse economic or health consequences of COVID-19, the organizations find Medicare Part A, which covers inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility, hospice, lab tests, surgery, and home health care, will face insolvency in six years. Considering COVID-19 is dealing heavy blows to healthcare services as a whole, it’s fair to say the pandemic is draining funds even faster. However, there is temporary relief for the market. The CARES Act passed by Congress promised... Read More »
Easy come, easy go. Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN) is selling its Magellan Complete Care (MCC) business to Monlina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH). The cash purchase price, according to Magellan, is $850 million. According to Molina, it is paying approximately $820 million, net of certain tax benefits. MCC, which had revenue of more than $2.7 billion in 2019 and approximately 155,000 members, manages full-service Medicaid and Medicare health plans including Magellan Complete Care in Arizona, Florida, and Virginia; Senior Whole Health in Massachusetts and New York; and TMG by Magellan in Wisconsin. It wasn’t that long ago (well, July 2017) that Magellan paid $400 million to buy... Read More »
Every year, starting in November, the crystal balls come out and the prognostications begin. What will the new year bring? Who or what will make out better and who or what will not? We talked with Gary Herschman, a member of Epstein Becker Green’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice, about the healthcare sectors he and his firm are watching in 2020. Here are their predictions for 2020. Health Care M&A: What do you see as the biggest themes in the healthcare industry this year? There are a lot of moving parts, from the discovery of new drugs to the shifting attention to post-acute care. Gary Herschman: We see three key “drivers” of health industry transformation that are already... Read More »
2020 has just begun, which means it’s time to look back at the healthcare M&A landscape of 2019. Just three days into the new year, nearly 1,780 deals are already on the books for 2019. More deals will turn up as we search our many sources, but the number likely won’t top the record of 1,900-plus set in 2018. Thanks to the multi-billion-dollar deals announced in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical sectors, 2019 will set a new spending record. Preliminary data show $399.1 billion was spent on healthcare acquisitions last year, about 20% higher than in 2018. We expect that number to rise as we go through the year and the 10Ks and quarterly reports come out. It’s possible the... Read More »
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is moving more deeply into hospice care with its recent announcement that it will acquire Philadelphia-based Enclara Healthcare from Consonance Capital Partners and Enclara management. Enclara is one of the largest hospice and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) providers in the country, serving 450 hospice providers and 97,000 hospice patients daily. This deal includes mail-order pharmacy Enclara Pharmacia, specialty PBM GuidantRx and pharmacy Avanti Health Care Services. Enclara’s palliative care provider, Turn-Key Health, is not included. Consonance first invested in Enclara in 2014 and added ExcelleRx, PGM Holdings and Avanti Health Care Services in the... Read More »
