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Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches Acquires Cohen Medical Associates
Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB), backed by Ascend Partners and CareAbout Health, announced on May 2 that it acquired Cohen Medical Associates. Cohen Medical Associates provides complete family healthcare including routine visits, laboratory testing needs and emergency appointments. Combined, the staff has more than 100 years of medical experience. It has one location in Delray Beach, Florida. MSPB is a primary care-focused, multi-specialty physician group practice in South Florida. It has a team of more than 95 providers. This acquisition will increase MSPB’s primary care provider network by approximately 15% and will support Cohen Medical Associates’... Read More »
Astellas Pharma to Acquire Iveric Bio for $5.9 Billion
Astellas Pharma announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Iveric Bio for $40 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $5.9 billion. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023. Under the terms of the agreement, Iveric Bio will become an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma. The acquisition includes avacincaptad pegol, which is under evaluation for the treatment of geographic atrophy. Iveric Bio is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel treatments for retinal diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The company delivers treatments designed to address... Read More »
Pinehurst Medical Expands in Sanford, North Carolina With Facility Acquisition
Pinehurst Medical Clinic purchased a medical office building (MOB) in Sanford, North Carolina for $1.895 million, according to a deed filed on April 21. The transaction expands Pinehurst Medical Clinic’s presence in Sanford, North Carolina. Nichole Etowski, director of business development for Pinehurst Medical Clinic, said the company will continue to provide cardiology and dermatology services at the Sanford MOB and will eventually relocate cardiology services from another facility in Sanford. Based in Pinehurst, North Carolina, Pinehurst Medical Clinic provides primary and specialty care to Moore County, North Carolina and surrounding areas. Founded in 1952, the company has more... Read More »
Recap of Cain Brothers Industry Insights
Last week, Jonah Schutzman, of Cain Brothers, provided banker commentary on the current state of physician specialty consolidation in the company’s weekly Industry Insights report. In short, the pandemic ignited an acceleration of consolidation among physicians with non-IDN (integrated delivery network) corporations that included insurers, private equity groups and non-provider umbrella organizations at the forefront. The report referenced data from an Avalere and Physicians Advocacy Institute report showing that three out of four physicians are employed by a non-physician-owned company, which represents a 19% increase from the previous three years. In contrast, hospitals employ more than... Read More »
Quest Diagnostics to Acquire Haystack Oncology
Quest Diagnostics and Haystack Oncology announced on April 27 a definitive agreement for Quest to acquire Haystack in an all-cash equity transaction. Quest expects the acquisition to be modestly dilutive to earnings over the next three years and accretive by 2026. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2023, subject to customary regulatory review. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Quest, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as Quest’s legal advisor. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Haystack, and Goodwin Proctor LLP acted as Haystack’s legal advisor. Haystack Oncology is an... Read More »
Schweiger Dermatology Group Acquires Windsor Dermatology
Schweiger Dermatology Group (SDG) announced on April 25 that it acquired Windsor Dermatology, a five-physician group in East Windsor, New Jersey. Windsor Dermatology is well known as a leader in medical dermatology and for high-quality clinical trials. It is also home to The Psoriasis Treatment Center of New Jersey, the state’s first complete facility for advanced psoriasis research and therapies. Founded in 2010, SDG is one of the largest group dermatology practices in the Northeast, with more than 90 offices and more than 250 healthcare providers under its belt. SDG provides medical and cosmetic dermatology services to more than one million patients annually. Windsor... Read More »
HCA Healthcare Emerging from Severe Staffing Headwinds
HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA), a for-profit healthcare provider based in Nashville, Tennessee, reported $4.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.99 by a whopping $0.94. This increase is largely due to HCA Healthcare’s revenue growth, which was up 4.3% on a year over year basis from $14.9 billion in Q1:22 to $15.6 billion in Q1:23. The healthcare provider’s expenses rose from the first quarter of 2022, reaching $13.67 billion. Yet, despite the rising expenses, HCA Healthcare reported a $1.36 billion profit in the first quarter, an improvement from last year’s profit of $1.27 billion. However, this is a decrease from HCA’s $2.1 billion... Read More »
Kaiser Permanente Acquires Geisinger Health, Launching Risant Health
Kaiser Permanente announced on April 26 that it was acquiring Geisinger Health, which will join Risant Health, a new nonprofit organization created by the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Geisinger Health comprises 10 hospitals, as well as a health plan with more than half a million members. The Danville, Pennsylvania-based health system has 25,000 employees and more than 1,700 physicians. Kaiser Permanente is among the country’s largest nonprofit systems with 39 hospitals. Its operations span eight states coast to coast with roughly 13 million members who receive care through its integrated model. The organization reported $95.4 billion in operating revenue across 2022, as well as a $1.3... Read More »
Northgate Technologies Acquires Houston Startup Allotrope Medical
Illinois-based Northgate Technologies Inc. has announced its acquisition of Allotrope Medical to further its goal in optimizing the surgical environment for minimally invasive surgery. According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition represents the 39th Medical Devices transaction of the year. Allotrope Medical is a Houston-based startup that has designed an electrosurgical ureter identification system for optimizing surgery for both robotic and non-robotic laparoscopic procedures. The StimSite technology is a hand-held device used by general and OB/GYN surgeons and has received a Safer Technologies Program designation from the FDA. Allotrope Medical was founded in... Read More »Schedule a demo
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