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Second Time’s the Charm for Two New Hampshire Systems
It took almost 10 years and a lot of changes, but Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the owner of Catholic Medical Center are merging. Nine months after signing a letter of intent in January 2019, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and GraniteOne Health made it to the definitive agreement stage. The not-for-profits made it official on September 30 and announced the deal on October 2. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, based in Lebanon, is New Hampshire’s only academic health system. It operates Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and includes the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, four affiliate hospitals, home health services and ambulatory... Read More »
Molina Healthcare Expands in Upstate New York
Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH) has been off the acquisitions circuit for some time, as management issues were being worked out. The insurer’s last completed deal was announced in April 2016, in fact. That transaction targeted Universal American’s (NYSE: UAM) Total Care Medicaid plan, a prepaid health services plan providing health care coverage to approximately 39,000 members under the Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs in the three upstate New York counties of Cortland, Onondaga and Tompkins. The sale netted Universal American $41.3 million. In mid-October, Molina broke its streak with the acquisition of certain Medicaid assets of YourCare Health Plan, Inc., a... Read More »Goldman Sachs Exits Marathon Health Investment
After a three-year partnership, Goldman Sachs is selling Marathon Health to General Atlantic LLC. Goldman Sachs acquired the company for $30 million back in 2016. Financial terms were not disclosed for the sale. Marathon Health provides digital health solutions to providers and healthcare organizations to help with health assessment, risk identification, coaching and advocacy, including disease management for high-cost chronic conditions. Marathon’s platform also offers electronic health record management, fitness tools and wellness support. General Atlantic’s majority stake investment will help Marathon further scale its operations and footprint to serve employees, spouses and... Read More »
340B Company Verity Solutions Grabbed by Express Scripts
It’s been a quiet 18 months for Express Scripts, since its $67 acquisition by Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) back in March 2018, but the company is back in the M&A market. Last week, the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) announced it bought Verity Solutions from Ignitions Partners. Verity provides 340B solutions to hundreds of integrated healthcare systems, acute-care hospitals, community health centers, and pharmacies. 340B is a federal program that requires drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to eligible healthcare organizations and covered entities at significantly reduced prices. Verity Solutions will operate as a standalone company under the Express umbrella,... Read More »
U.S. Hospital Deals Surged in the Third Quarter
Mergers and acquisitions among U.S. hospitals and health systems rose 28% in the third quarter of 2019, posting 23 transactions versus 18 deals in the previous quarter. Deal volume compared with the same quarter in 2018 (15 deals) was up 53%. Q3:19 had the strongest M&A activity in the previous four quarters, according to our most recent data. What factors boosted the most recent quarter’s results? A major contributor was Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW), which announced three transactions in July, totalling $1.7 billion. The largest of the three deals, at $1.55 billion, was to acquire the real estate assets of 16 hospitals (2,383 beds) in California, Connecticut and... Read More »
Health Care M&A Deals, Week Ending October 18, 2019
The Health Care M&A Weekly chart is a selection of transactions announced during the prior week(s). The deals presented here are from our Deal Search Online database, which is updated every business day. Visit www.dealsearchonline.com to see how Deal Search Online can help you stay up-to-date on the healthcare market overall, or in a particular sector of interest to your firm. eHealth Acquirer Target Price Express Scripts Holding Company Verity Solutions N/A Cority Axion Health, Inc. N/A Home Health Care & Hospice Acquirer Target Price Missouri Home Hospice, LLC & MHS Equities Transitions Hospice N/A Managed Care ... Read More »
National Seating & Mobility Gets New PE Investor
Cinven, the London-based private equity firm, struck a deal last week to acquire National Seating & Mobility (NMS) from Court Square Capital Partners. The sale, which was valued at $850 million by sources cited in PEHub Buyouts, resulted from a Harris Williams-run auction that began in August. Court Square Capital bought it from Wellspring Capital Management in 2016, but now Cinven will be backing the company. NMS provides complex rehab technology (CRT) solutions focusing on highly customized wheelchairs for patients diagnosed with long-term or permanent loss of mobility. NMS operates through Rehab Technician Specialist (RTS) which connects with physicians and physical therapists. The... Read More »
Ra Pharmaceuticals Targeted in $2.1 Billion Acquisition
The global biopharmaceutical company UCB (Brussels: UCB) announced it is acquiring Ra Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RARX) for $2.1 billion. Ra Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases caused by excessive or uncontrolled activation of the complement system, a critical component of the innate immune system. Ra Pharmaceuticals shareholders will receive $48.00 for each held share (approx. $2.5 billion or EUR 2.2 billion), with transaction value at $ 2.1 billion or EUR 2 billion, net of Ra Pharma cash. Ra Pharma reported a trailing 12-month revenue of $2.5 million. This acquisition will give UCB a number of high-value... Read More »
Home Health & Hospice Sector Deals Dipped in Q3:19
Deal volume in the home health and hospice sector dipped slightly in the third quarter of 2019, down 23% with 20 publicly announced transactions, compared with 26 acquisitions in the second quarter, according to data from HealthCareMandA.com. Compared with the third quarter of 2018, home health and hospice M&A activity decreased by 20%, when 25 acquisitions were announced. Six of the transactions disclosed prices in the third quarter of 2019, for a combined total of nearly $1.2 billion. In the same quarter of 2018, the total dollar value based on disclosed prices was just $7.2 million. Of the 20 transactions announced in the third quarter, 35% were announced by private equity firms or... Read More »Schedule a demo
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