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NKKR Buys a Texas Air Ambulance Company

by | Mar 16, 2015 7:45 pm | Other Services

Air ambulance companies are not on most investors’ radar, yet at least one acquisition of this ancillary healthcare service pops up about once a year. This year’s deal came early, as KKR & Co. LP (NYSE: KKR) paid an undisclosed amount for Air Medical, an air ambulance company based in Lewisville, Texas. It was owned by affiliates of private equity firms Bain Capital and Brockway Moran & Partners. Last year’s air ambulance deal was announced in August, when privately held REACH Air Medical Services of Santa Rosa, California acquired Emergency Airlift Service in North Bend, Oregon. No prices were disclosed, of course. In fact, the last price we recorded for an air ambulance company... Read More »

PE Firms Make Grand Exits in the PBM Sector

by | Mar 2, 2015 6:37 pm | Other Services

After a fairly quiet 2014, M&A in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) segment saw two big deals go down in February. First, Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) paid $2 billion for EnvisionRx, a portfolio company of TPG. Last week, Catamaran Corp. (NASDAQ: CTRX) added to its own portfolio with an all-cash, $405 million deal for Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of Brazos Private Equity Partners LLC. Healthcare Solutions specializes in pharmacy benefits and other services in the workers’ compensation market, making for a strong addition to Catamaran’s previous acquisitions: Restat, LLC, which provides PBM services for self-funded employers, third-party administrators,... Read More »