PE-Backed Emergency Care Partners Merges with The Emergency Center of Arizona
Emergency Care Partners (ECP), a leading national emergency medicine services provider, has announced the completion of a strategic merger with The Emergency Center of Arizona (TEA). TEA is a physician-led emergency medicine services provider operating freestanding emergency centers in Arizona. Staffed by approximately 200 board-certified physicians and specialty-trained nurses, TEA provides emergency care for a wide range of medical conditions, serving communities with accessible, hospital-level services outside traditional hospital settings. ECP is a portfolio company of Varsity Healthcare Partners and Regal Healthcare Capital Partners. The company provides emergency medicine and... Read More »
U.S. Oral Surgery Management Acquires 4 practices
U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM), a portfolio company of private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners, announced that it acquired four practices and entered a new state. Founded in 2006, Premier Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is based in Papillion, Nebraska. It specializes in a wide variety of oral and maxillofacial needs from wisdom teeth removal to advanced bone regeneration, implantology, sedation/general anesthesia and more. According to its website, there is one physician on staff: Afolabi Ogunleye. Snyder & Dugan Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has four locations serving patients in Pennsylvania. The practice is run by Michael Dugan, DMD, and Patrick... Read More »
Carlyle to Buy Majority Stake in Knack Global
The Carlyle Group announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a significant majority stake in Knack Global. Established in 2007, Knack Global is a comprehensive solution provider for revenue cycle management, technological and staffing solutions for healthcare providers. The company employs more than 3,800 healthcare experts with offices in India and the United States. The Carlyle Group is one of the world’s largest private equity firms. It manages more than $465 billion of assets under management, as of June 30, 2025. Carlyle employs more than 2,200 people in 29 offices across four continents. Knack’s current private equity underwriter owner is LKCM Headwater... Read More »
Southern Orthodontic Partners Acquires TC Orthodontics
Southern Orthodontic Partners (SOP), a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, announced on August 13 that it acquired TC Orthodontics. TC Orthodontics is based in seven locations in the Minneapolis MSA. According to its website, the practice is run by a team of seven orthodontists. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, SOP works with orthodontic practices to provide expertise in finance, marketing, recruiting, benefits and other practice administration to allow orthodontists to focus on patient care. This marks SOP’s third transaction of 2025. The financial terms were not disclosed. According to data in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction... Read More »
THL Partners Acquires Headlands Research
On August 14, THL Partners announced that it acquired Headlands Research from KKR & Co. Headlands Research is a globally integrated clinical trial site organization. With a multinational network of 21 clinical trial sites, Headlands Research has successfully completed more than 5,000 clinical trials. It is based in San Francisco, California. THL Partners is a private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies exclusively within three sectors: healthcare, financial technology & services and technology & business solutions. Since 1974, THL has raised more than $35 billion of equity capital, invested in upwards of 170 companies and completed more than 600... Read More »Schedule a demo
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