Rehab Companies Still on the Prowl

Rehab Companies Still on the Prowl

by | Mar 3, 2016 9:28 pm | Private Equity, Rehabilitation

M&A in the rehabilitation sector has been pretty slow this year. So slow, in fact, no deals were recorded in February. The first week in March, however, things picked up. U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (NYSE: USPH) announced it acquired a 55% stake in an unidentified physical therapy practice that operates through eight clinics. The stake cost $13.7 million, and the business generates approximately $9.0 million a year on roughly 65,000 patient visits. The second deal came from MOTION PT Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Pharos Capital Group, which is getting into physical and occupational therapy in a big way. MOTION PT was launched in 2015, and began buying up PT companies in the New... Read More »

2015 Health Care M&A Beats All Records

by | Jan 28, 2016 2:55 pm | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

It’s déjà vu all over again. 2014 was a record-breaker for health care M&A, with 1,317 transactions and spending at an astronomical $387 billion. Then 2015 came and went and, once again, we’re writing about a record-breaking number of transactions, 1,460 currently, and astronomical spending of $563 billion. Read More »
Rehab Companies Still on the Prowl

Select Medical Acquires Physiotherapy

by | Jan 26, 2016 8:00 am | Hospitals, Rehabilitation

Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM) announced today it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Physiotherapy Associates Holdings, Inc. for $400 million in cash. Physiotherapy is a national provider of outpatient physical rehabilitation care offering a wide range of services, such as general orthopedics, spinal care and neurological rehabilitation, and orthotics and prosthetics services. As of September 30, 2015, Select operated 110 long term acute care hospitals and 17 acute medical rehabilitation hospitals in 28 states, and 1,033 outpatient rehabilitation clinics in 31 states and the District of Columbia. This acquisition continues their growth. In 2015, Select formed a... Read More »

Pharos Capital Builds Its Physical Therapy Platform

by | Dec 16, 2015 9:43 pm | Private Equity, Rehabilitation

Last June, Pharos Capital Group, LLC acquired a controlling interest in MOTION PT Holdings, a physical therapy and occupational therapy services company in New York City.  In the beginning, MOTION PT was a 98-lb. weakling, representing the combination of  Brooklyn-based MetroSportsMed and Manhattan-based STAR Physical Therapy. Since then, the company has added quite a bit of muscle, in the form of Bradley & Monson Physical Therapy (acquired in October 2015), and Dynamic Care Physical Therapy in Lawrence, New York (announced on December 8). A week later, Pharos put out a press release acknowledging the additions of Greco Physical Therapy and Sports Performance, PLLC, with two locations... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care Dollars, vs. Q2:15

by | Nov 2, 2015 8:57 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

Last week we gave you the breakdown on how the third quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter and the same quarter a year ago. Here’s how the dollars broke out, versus those quarters. SectorQ3:15Q2:15ChangeQ3:14Change Services Behavioral Health Care$550,000$190,700188%$335,00064% Home Health & Hospice$241,854$0n/a$410,000-41% Hospitals$2,069,865 $2,059,9000.5%$969,800113% Labs, MRI & Dialysis$826,600$1,507,650-45%$324,000155% Long-Term Care$4,175,656$4,141,9300.8%$9,686,200-57% Managed Care$98,000,000$147,00066566%$0n/a Physician Medical Groups$1,600,000$500,000220%$0n/a Rehabilitation $4,300$734,800-99%$163,450-97% Other Services$1,396,474$16,211,644-91%$1,026,40036%... Read More »

Q3:15 Health Care Deal Volume

by | Oct 26, 2015 9:15 am | Behavioral Health Care, Biotechnology, eHealth, Home Health & Hospice, Hospitals, Laboratories, MRI & Dialysis, Long-Term Care, Managed Care, Medical Devices, Other Services, Pharmaceuticals, Physician Medical Groups, Rehabilitation

We’re just about to publish our third quarter results this week, but wanted to give you a sneak preview of how the third quarter stacks up against Q2:15 and the same quarter a year ago. Here’s the chart. SectorQ3:15 DealsQ2:15 DealsChangeQ3:14 DealsChange Services Behavioral Health Care10667%4150% Home Health & Hospice9650%15-40% Hospitals332438%1974% Labs, MRI & Dialysis16157%8100% Long-Term Care906538%856% Managed Care12850%5140% Physician Medical Groups1522-32%147% Rehabilitation7617%540% Other Services464015%3628% Services subtotal23819224%19125% Technology Biotechnology413421%27%52% eHealth3334-3%34-3% Medical Devices31297%2619% Pharmaceuticals423811%67-37%... Read More »