CRH Medical Buys New England Anesthesia Associates
CRH Medical Corporation has had a busy year. Even after it was acquired by WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX.V: WELL) for $292.7 million (or $369.2 million including debt), the company has remained a prolific buyer in the healthcare market, announcing four deals so far this year. The latest deal from the company was announced in Connecticut for the purchase of New England Anesthesia Associates LLC for approximately $7.2 million. New England Anesthesia Associates (NEAA) provides anesthesia services to an ambulatory surgical center. The group has 17 practitioners. It has an estimated EBITDA of $1.44 million and an annualized revenue run rate of $3.6 million. With this deal,... Read More »
USOSM Announces Three Deals in April
The M&A market for physician groups has been booming this year, with 132 deals on the books through the end of April, according to search results in our Healthcare Deals Database. Strategic buyers, health systems and private equity firms are quickly expanding their regional and national platforms, capitalizing on the still-fragmented market. Enter U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM), which just announced three deals in April, widening its footprint across the southern United States. USOSM, a portfolio company of RiverGlade Capital and The Thurston Group, is a specialty management services company focused on oral and maxillofacial surgeons. The... Read More »
Summit Health Acquires Leading NJ Orthopedic Practice
Some might recall in 2019 the merger of CityMD, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and the leading urgent care provider in the New York metro area, and Summit Medical Group, a 900-plus physician multi-specialty group in New Jersey. The deal was a huge merger, combining a leading physician medical group with a robust urgent care network. The combined company, Summit Health, has more than 1,600 providers, 8,000 employees and over 200 locations in New Jersey and New York, as well as more than 130 providers and six locations in Central Oregon. And now, Summit Health has entered the M&A market. Last week, the company announced it was... Read More »
WELL Health Acquires CRH Medical Corporation
WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX.V: WELL) had an incredibly busy year in 2020, announcing eight deals, according to search results in our Healthcare Deals Database. Most of its activity focused on smaller eHealth targets to build up its digital health platform, but now WELL Health is turning its attention to the physician market. On Monday, the company announced the acquisition of CRH Medical Corporation (NYSE: CRHM), which provides physicians with innovative services and products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. CRH serves 69 ambulatory surgical centers in 13 states. The purchase price came out to be $292.7 million, or $4.00 per share for CRH, a premium of approximately... Read More »
MB2 Dental Solutions Finds a New Partner
After Sentinel Capital Partners took a majority interest in MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2), the dental services organization became a prolific buyer in the healthcare M&A market, building a national network of practices. The organization has a presence in 24 states and has partnered with more than 275 dental practices. In 2019, MB2 had an estimated revenue of $320 million. Now that partnership has ended. Sentinel Capital Partners is exiting its investment and Charlesbank Capital Partners will become the new majority owner. Charlesbank Capital Partners is a middle-market private investment firm managing more than $7 billion of capital. Charlesbank focuses on management-led buyouts and... Read More »