Healthcare Payment Firm Bought for $3.2 Billion
As the healthcare market evolves, so does the need to manage the payment flows between managed care companies, providers and patients. That rising demand surely played a role in UnitedHealth Group, Inc.’s (NYSE: UNH) acquisition of Equian LLC, an end-to-end healthcare payment firm. UnitedHealth paid approximately $3.2 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. Equian manages over $500 billion in claims data annually through its platform, assisting clients by avoiding, identifying, pricing, analyzing clinical codes, and ultimately recovering inaccurate transactions in healthcare, workers compensation, and property and casualty markets. If... Read More »
Warburg Pincus Creates Mega-Care Model in NYC Metro Area
It takes a big platform to combine a prominent urgent care company with a major multi-specialty practice. Warburg Pincus is now providing that platform. On June 21, the private equity firm announced its urgent care company, New York City-based CityMD, will merge with Summit Medical Group, a physician-owned multispecialty medical practice anchored in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. The combined organization aims to deliver high-quality medical care, which is the stated goal of every decent healthcare provider. The key component is convenience, delivered via its network of physicians and care locations from New Jersey to Long Island, New York. CityMD was founded in 2010 by Dr. Richard Park and... Read More »
McKesson UK Picks Up Echo
Prescription compliance is the name of the game for pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies. Now McKesson Corp.’s (NYSE: MCK) UK subsidiary, McKesson UK, has entered the arena with its recent acquisition of Echo, an online prescription fulfillment business based there. Echo’s medicines management app already has an installed customer base, who can order their repeat prescriptions through the app and have them delivered for free. Think Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) PillPack, which performs a similar service in the United States. Echo is also one of three National Health Service (NHS)-approved repeat prescription apps. It was also part of the 2018 NHS Innovation Accelerator... Read More »
KKR’s PharMerica Makes Its First Deal
In late May, specialty pharmacy company PharMerica Corporation announced its first acquisition since being acquired by KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR), with a minority investment from Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), in August 2017. The company priovides institutional and community-based pharmacy services in the United States. When KKR took it private for $1.3 billion, it had trailing-12 month revenue of approximately $2.4 billion and EBITDA of $138 million. In December 2018, KKR announced a $1.3 billion deal for BrightSpring Health Services, then owned by Onex Corporation (ONEX.TO). BrightSpring, formerly known as ResCare, provides comprehensive home and community-based health services... Read More »
Private Equity Stays Active in Health Care
Nearly halfway into 2019, and PE firms are showing no signs of slowing as they swarm the healthcare industry. So far this year, there have been 71 deals with a private equity firm as the buyer, or roughly 11% of the total deals announced. That’s roughly the same amount as in the same period in 2018. In late May, Golden Gate Capital announced it purchased Ensemble Health Partners for a reported $1.2 billion from Bon Secours Mercy Health. The target company provides outsourced revenue cycle management (RCM) and operation solutions to hospitals across the country. It has more than 3,600 employees and partners with more than 60 hospitals in 30 states. Bon Secours bought the company in... Read More »Schedule a demo
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