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Telehealth: Answering the Call
If you’ve attended any healthcare deal-making conference in the last few years, you’ve heard that telehealth is one of the hottest target sectors going, right up there with autism services and physician practices (dermatologists, ophthalmologists, dentists, you name it). It’s caught in something of a perfect storm at the moment, as more states and regions implement laws to facilitate telehealth services. On the federal level, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on April 5, 2019 finalized policies that increase plan choices and benefits, including allowing Medicare Advantage plans to include additional telehealth benefits. Private health insurers have been offering telehealth... Read More »
PE Firms Growing Influence in eHealth
In our 2019 Health Care Services Acquisition Report, Twenty-Fifth Edition, we reported how private equity firms have reshaped healthcare M&A on the services side. However, PE firms and their portfolio companies are also molding the tech sector, particularly in eHealth. In 2017, private equity firms and their portfolio companies accounted for roughly 29% of the 164 digital health deals. In 2018, they accounted for 67 deals, or nearly 33% of the 204 deals reported. Their activity is increasing in both number and volume. In terms of spending volume, private equity firms and portfolio companies accounted for 40% of announced prices for 2017 at roughly $3.69 billion. In 2018, it was nearly... Read More »
How PE Firms and Sponsored Companies Have Reshaped Health Care M&A
Although private equity firms have been active in healthcare services for many years, their participation has grown significantly in the past five. In our newly published report, 2019 Health Care Services Acquisition Report, Twenty-Fifth Edition, we took a look at their recent activities and how they’re moving these markets. Deal volume created by these firms and their portfolio companies grew 450% between 2014 and 2018, reaching 369 transactions in 2018. PE firms’ share of the combined annual deal count in healthcare services increased to 46% in 2018, from just 14% five years earlier. The data below does not include the Long-Term Care sector. Spending by these firms and their... Read More »
Gryphon Investors Gets into Autism Treatment with Learn Behavioral
Learn Behavioral, formerly Learn-It Systems, has a new owner. Gryphon Investors acquired a majority stake in the behavioral health company from LLR Partners in mid-March. Financial terms weren’t disclosed, of course, but the deal wasn’t cheap. This is Gryphon’s first investment in the Behavioral Health Care space. LLR put the company up for sale in late October 2018. Even with this deal announcement, LLR hasn’t exited the autism-treatment company completely. The firm and Learn senior management will maintain minority stakes alongside Gryphon. Based in Baltimore, Learn Behavioral’s primary focus is the delivery of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy to... Read More »
