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PE-Backed Phoenix Rehabilitation Adds New Clinic
Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc. has been on an acquisition spree since Audax Group acquired the group in December 2018. The rehabilitation firm has reported three deals since then, growing at a steady pace across the country. The partnership first reported a deal last September, acquiring Black Mountain Physical Therapy in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Black Mountain offers a range of treatment including skilled manual therapies, therapeutic exercises, and neuromuscular reeducation to treat biomechanical and structural problems. The clinic gave Phoenix a foothold in the North Carolina market. Just before the end of 2019, Phoenix acquired a physical therapy clinic in in... Read More »Private Equity Stormed PMG Sector in 2019
Even with just our preliminary data, private equity dominated dealmaking in the Physician Medical Groups (PMG) sector in 2019. According to our Deal Search Online database, PE firms and their portfolio companies (PE Buyers) accounted for roughly 71% of M&A activity in the sector, or 152 deals. And although we found dealmaking in nearly every specialty, from OB/GYN to radiology, it was heavily concentrated in three particular fields: dermatology, dental, and ophthalmology. Source: HealthcareMandA.com, December 2019 There were 49 deals focused on ophthalmology practices in 2019, a significant jump over every other specialty, and it was a select group of buyers driving the deal volume.... Read More »
Autism Therapy Tops PE’s List in December
A good number of behavioral health care deals have been announced in Decmeber 2019 and the majority of those target companies providing therapy services to individuals with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Seven deals in the Behavioral Health Care sector are on the books mid-way through the month and five offer some form of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy or services. The two remaining deals target companies specializing in residential substance abuse treatment and inpatient addiction and eating disorders for teens. Thomas H. Lee Partners announced the only deal to disclose a price. The firm paid $415 million (16.6x EBITDA) for Centria Healthcare, a... Read More »eHealth Deals Soar in 2019
It almost goes without saying that technology has permeated every aspect of healthcare, but dealmaking in 2019 underscores that point even further. Based on preliminary numbers, eHealth deals hit a record 212 this year, a slight uptick from 2018’s deal count of 204, according to our Deal Search Online database. Source: HealthcareMandA.com, December 2019 The graph above breaks out the number of deals by target type. Companies focused on providing management software solutions to support back-office operations led the sector this year, with 46 deals. These are usually small firms offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms that could be implemented to aid any type of healthcare... Read More »
Hospice Deals Heat Up
It’s been a busy year in the Home Health & Hospice sector. Deal volume is poised to surpass the record 85 transactions announced in 2018. Through late November, 79 deals are in our DealSearchOnline database and more are expected before year-end. Home health agencies account for the bulk of the transactions every year, making up 72% in both 2015 and 2016, for example. In the past two years, however, hospice companies have seen a surge in investor interest. In 2018, hospice companies accounted for 33% of the 85 deals in the sector. Through the end of November 2019, they make up 38% of the sector’s deal count. Valuations are often described as “frothy” for home... Read More »Schedule a demo
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