June 2017 Deal Volume Shows Continued Strength
Preliminary data for the month of June shows that investors are still bullish—or at least comfortable—betting on health care. Some 123 transactions were announced last month, an 11% decrease compared with May’s 138 transactions. Year over year, however, this early data is just 5% below the 130 deals announced in June 2016. For a little perspective, April 2017’s deal volume was just 104 transactions, which made the May numbers look very strong by comparison. June’s deal volume looks reassuringly healthy, as it is close to the year-ago total, and could be adjusted upward in the future as more deals come to light. The same trends we’ve noted in previous months are still playing out, too. Deal... Read More »Rehab Deals Have Risen Steadily Since 2013
The rehabilitation has historically been the smallest of all the healthcare sectors, typically accounting for the fewest number of deals and lowest dollar volume. Despite an abnormal 27 transactions announced in 2008, the sector generally saw between 10 and 20 deals a year, and minimal spending as well, (see chart below). Even after the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, when most health care services saw an influx in investment, the rehabilitation sector was largely ignored because some reimbursement headwinds at the time. But, as rehab facilities found their place in ACOs, reimbursement eased and large companies began to build their platforms in the highly fragmented sector,... Read More »
Investors Want Health Care Services with No Strings Attached
Preliminary data for the month of May shows an encouraging uptick in deal volume, with the services sectors making up 66% of the total. Some 134 transactions were announced last month, a 30% increase over April’s anemic 103 deal volume total. But monthly transaction totals in 2017 are not keeping pace with those in 2016. A year ago, 151 transactions were announced, 11% higher than in May 2017. There’s no question that the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the American Health Care Act hangs heavily on healthcare investors. The Senate Republicans have been at work behind closed doors to craft a different deal than the one sent to them by the House Republicans in mid-May. From the handful of... Read More »Health Care Deals Slide in April 2017
April usually doesn’t feel like February, at least, weather-wise. As far as healthcare mergers and acquisitions go, however, deal volume in April 2017 (103 deals) feels a lot like February’s deal volume (102). The chart below shows the clear winners and losers in April 2017. Deal volume was down 29% compared with the previous month (March, 145 deals), and slid 12% compared with the year before (April 2016, 141 deals). Healthcare services deal volume accounted for just 50% of April’s preliminary total. The services sectors typically account for higher percentages than the technology sectors (although that trend is reversed when it comes to dollar volume). The services side... Read More »
PE-backed Pivot Physical Therapy Grows (Again)
Acquisitions of rehabilitation companies and clinics has been on the rise in recent years. That trend is continuing in 2017, with nine deals announced in the first quarter. Five of those were announced in March alone. The second quarter is off to a good start, too. Pivot Physical Therapy, a portfolio company of CI Capital Partners, just inked its fourth deal of 2017. On April 5, 2017, Pivot acquired Tidewater Physical Therapy, an outpatient physical therapy practice with more than 30 locations across Virginia, including five aquatic therapy centers and three performance centers. This purchase comes on the heels of a two-year buying spree. Back in 2014, CI Capital Partners, alongside... Read More »Schedule a demo
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