Hazel Health Acquires Little Otter & Names New CEO

Hazel Health Acquires Little Otter & Names New CEO

Pediatric behavioral health provider Hazel Health announced its second acquisition this year. The San Francisco, California-based company has acquired fellow youth mental health startup Little Otter. This comes just one month after the provider closed a deal to purchase youth mental health startup BeMe Health in September 2025. Little Otter is a youth mental health startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. Little Otter provides coaching, therapy and psychiatric services for children with mental health challenges and their families It was founded in 2020 by mother-daughter team Dr. Helen Egger, a child psychiatrist, and Rebecca Egger, a technology and product development... Read More »
Confluent Health Strengthens National Network with Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy Deal

Confluent Health Strengthens National Network with Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy Deal

Confluent Health announced on October 14 a partnership with Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy. The transaction expands Confluent Health’s national footprint to more than 820 sites of care across the United States. Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy is a Kentucky-based practice with six clinics across the state. The company’s certified hand therapists and physical therapists help patients with comprehensive care for upper extremity conditions, such as hands, wrists, shoulders and elbows, and physical therapy for neck, back, hip and lower extremities. Confluent Health is a family of physical and occupational therapy companies transforming healthcare by strengthening... Read More »
ProMed Staffing Resources Expands Into Nebraska 

ProMed Staffing Resources Expands Into Nebraska 

ProMed Staffing Resource, founded in 1991, announced on October 13 that it acquired Rock Medical Group.  Rock Medical Group is an Omaha, Nebraska-based travel nurse and allied health staffing agency.  ProMed Staffing Resources, a reputable leader in the healthcare staffing industry, serves New York, New Jersey and other Northeast regions. The company provides workforce solutions and staffing services to hospitals, medical centers, long term care centers, schools, clinics, correctional and other medical facilities.  With this acquisition, ProMed Staffing Resources becomes the go-to national partner for travel nurses and allied clinicians, offering opportunity, support and... Read More »
Montecito Medical Makes 25th Acquisition of 2025 

Montecito Medical Makes 25th Acquisition of 2025 

On October 14, Montecito Medical Real Estate announced its 25th acquisition of the year with the purchase of a Suwanee, Georgia medical outpatient building (MOB). Terms were not disclosed.  The 24,500-square-foot MOB is tenanted by Thomas Eye, a dominant eye care provider in the area.  Montecito Medical Real Estate specializes in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and funding. Since 2006, it has completed transactions involving more than $6.5 billion in medical and veterinary real estate transactions.  With this transaction, Montecito now owns nearly 40 MOBs in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. Additionally, in 2025, Montecito Medical has expanded its network by more than... Read More »
R1 RCM to Acquire Leading AI Platform Phare Health

R1 RCM to Acquire Leading AI Platform Phare Health

On October 14, R1 RCM announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Phare Health for an undisclosed price. Phare Health is a healthcare technology company building AI-native solutions for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement. Founded in 2023 by a group of healthcare and AI leaders, Phare Health seeks to make healthcare reimbursement fair, transparent and effortless. The company is funded by General Catalyst. Founded in 2003, R1 RCM is an American revenue cycle management (RCM) company servicing hospitals, health systems and physician groups across the United States. The company was jointly acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier &... Read More »
​​Diversifying for Dominance: Private Equity Activity in 2025

​​Diversifying for Dominance: Private Equity Activity in 2025

Private equity (PE) interest in healthcare M&A has remained robust in 2025. This heightened interest is driven by a favorable investment climate bolstered by the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to lower the federal funds rate to 4–4.25%. There is also a market shift toward a more investor-friendly environment due to legislative changes like the One Big Beautiful Bill’s impact on Medicare. PE’s activity is noted by firms’ strategic expansion into burgeoning sectors markets such as digital health, specialty pharmacy and in-home care.  In the first three quarters of 2025, a total of 507 transactions were announced by a PE firm or a portfolio company. This represents an approximate... Read More »
Takeaways from Colliers’ National Healthcare Conference

Takeaways from Colliers’ National Healthcare Conference

Colliers’ 2025 National Healthcare Conference arrived at a pivotal moment for healthcare real estate, amid improving capital markets and growing economic optimism. Compared to last year’s more tentative tone, this year’s event was notably upbeat, reflecting a broader sentiment that the healthcare sector remains one of the most stable and resilient corners of the commercial property market. From Caution to Confidence Shawn Janus and Marianne Skorupski of Colliers updated LevinPro HC on the mood of the room in New Orleans, describing a marked shift in outlook from the 2024 conference. “Last year, we were cautiously optimistic,” they noted. “Uncertainty was the watchword, everything from... Read More »
TransCode Therapeutics Acquires Polynoma 

TransCode Therapeutics Acquires Polynoma 

TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. announced on October 8 that it entered into an agreement to acquire Polynoma LLC.  Polynoma is a privately held biotechnology immuno-oncology company. Polynoma is developing a late-stage candidate, seviprotimut-L, a novel polyvalent shed antigen vaccine for the adjuvant treatment of stage IIB and IIC melanoma.  TransCode is a clinical-stage oncology company focused on treating metastatic disease. The company is committed to defeating cancer through the intelligent design and effective delivery of RNA therapeutics based on its proprietary TTX nanoparticle platform. Its therapeutic candidate, TTX-MC138, is focused on treating metastatic tumors which... Read More »
CBRE Announces Sendero Capital’s First Acquisition of 2025 

CBRE Announces Sendero Capital’s First Acquisition of 2025 

On October 6, CBRE announced that it facilitated the sale of a Woburn, Massachusetts medical outpatient building (MOB) to Sendero Capital.  The MOB is a fully leased, multi-specialty, Class A facility that comprises 76,701 square feet. The MOB is anchored by Winchester Hospital, a member of Beth Israel Lahey Health, which operates multiple high acuity uses at the property including imaging and laboratory services, integrative therapy and a Breast Care Center.   The remaining space is occupied by Excel Orthopedic Specialists, a regional center that specializes in orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation therapy and imaging services such as digital X-ray, musculoskeletal ultrasound, CT and... Read More »
The IMA Group Expands Clinical Research Division With Chicago Acquisition

The IMA Group Expands Clinical Research Division With Chicago Acquisition

The IMA Group announced on October 8 the acquisition of Chicago Research Center (CRC), an independent clinical research site based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2005, CRC is known for its expertise in Phase I–IV trials, focused on the central nervous system, sleep disorders, mood and memory disorders, pain and general medicine. The company operates a research sleep lab for dedicated use in insomnia, apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg and shift work sleep disorder clinical trials. The IMA Group provides government workers with medical, psychological and related evaluations, as well as ancillary services, assists payers with case management and occupational health management solutions and... Read More »