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Health Care M&A Deals, Week Ending November 8, 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 BV Investment Partners EDCO Health Information Solutions Inc. N/A Induction Healthcare Group PLC Horizon Strategic Partners Limited $3,211,900 American Well Aligned Telehealth, Inc. N/A Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services Great Lakes Health Connect N/A... Read More »
U.S. Hospital REIT Deals Surge in 2019
It’s become an accepted, almost expected, transaction. Privately held hospitals sell their real estate assets to a real estate investment trust (REIT) to get some fresh cash and to focus on operations rather than physical plants. Between 2009 and 2012, REIT deals for U.S. hospitals were announced once or twice a year. The number rose to six per year in 2013, 2015 and 2016 (just three in 2014). After two years of two or three deals annually (2017 and 2018), the number has already reached seven in 2019, with several weeks of deal making left in the year. The most recent deal was announced on November 5, as LifePoint Health agreed to sell the real estate assets of 10 unidentified... Read More »
Doc Group Deals Take Health Care in New Directions
With more than 180 deals announced so far in 2019, the Physician Medical Group sector is roaring toward another strong close. The usual specialties—dental, dermatology and ophthalmology—are still very active, but after 10 to 20 years of consolidation, their trajectories are flattening. Other specialties are gaining traction with private equity investors, particularly orthopedics, gastrointestinal (GI), urology, pain management and women’s health. Even ear, nose & throat (ENT) deals are picking up. We spoke with a few deal makers to find out where this sector stands at the end of 2019 and what’s ahead for M&A in 2020. The hot areas this year have been surgical subspecialties,... Read More »
LHC Group and LifePoint Health JV Strike Again
After a quiet year on the acquisition front, LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) and LifePoint Health have expanded their joint venture (JV) into three new states. The purchase includes CMH Home Health Care in Wilmington, Ohio, Casa de la Paz Hospice in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and St. Joseph Family Hospice in Lewiston, Idaho. LHC Group will assume management responsibility for the agencies, which will continue to operate from their current locations and under the same names. LHC expects approximately $3.6 million in annualized revenue from this expansion and anticipates that it will not materially affect its 2019 diluted earnings per share. LHC Group and LifePoint Health formed the partnership to... Read More »
CROs Are Still Trending as Q4 Rolls On
In the first week of November, BioAgilytix Labs, LLC, a portfolio company of Riverside Partners, purchased Cambridge Biomedical. Both Cambridge and BioAgilytix are contract research organizations (CROs) that develop novel therapeutic biologics and biosimilars, specializing in large molecule bioanalysis. The transaction expands BioAgilytix’s global footprint and adds further capacity by joining Cambridge Biomedical’s CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited, and GLP-compliant facility with its GxP laboratories in Durham, North Carolina and Hamburg, Germany. It also gives BioAgilytix a total of 400 employees. The merger follows a busy October for CROs, in which five deals were reported, accounting for... Read More »
Slow Start to Q4 Healthcare Deals
October is typically a flighty month in the annual investing cycle. Spooky things can happen as the month winds down to Halloween. With the now-hot/now-not sentiments swirling around the equity markets, it was a relief not to witness a meltdown after all ended the month at or near new highs. The healthcare market wasn’t nearly so robust. Third quarter deal volume, now at 447 transactions, is still down 5% compared with the second quarter’s 471. Preliminary data for October 2019 doesn’t demonstrate a renewed vigor in the healthcare space. At 136 transactions, it is 9% lower than September deal volume, and a thumping 31% below October 2018, with 198 deals. With only one... Read More »
DentalOne Partners Sold to PE-Backed Group
Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, a portfolio company of S.C. Goldman & Company, LLC, recently announced it acquired DentalOne Partners from Dental Investments, LLC. DentalOne is one of the largest dental service organizations (DSOs) nationally with approximately 150 affiliated offices across 13 states and 27 markets. This acquisition increases Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners affiliated offices to more than 240 operating in 18 states. Mid-Atlantic and S.C. Goldman has been quiet on the M&A front for the past year. In October 2018, the company acquired Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. for $19.9 million. Birner operates dental practice affiliates under the Perfect Teeth brand in... Read More »UNH & Optum Expand Their Digital Health Portfolio
Optum, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, has acquired another digital health company. The target is Vivify Health, whose mobile, cloud-based platform offers remote care management services such as personalized care plans and biometric data monitoring. The deal was first reported by CNBC. Vivify’s program uses health devices ranging from a wireless weight scale to portable blood pressure cuffs. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) systems offer a great deal of value for providers and payers. They help physicians and doctors stay up to date on a patient’s health without any hospital visits or trips, an they offer an opportunity to take preventative measures if a... Read More »
Stryker Takes Out Wright Medical Group for $5.4 Billion
It’s a deal that will likely spawn more deals. Medical device giant Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK), with a market cap of $76.4 billion, is acquiring its smaller rival, Wright Medical Group N.V. (NASDAQ: WMGI), with a market cap of $2.8 billion. Stryker will pay $30.75 per share, for a total equity value of approximately $4.0 billion, and a total enterprise value of approximately $5.4 billion, including debt. The deal brings together two highly complementary product portfolios. Wright Medical is a recognized leader in the upper extremities (shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand), lower extremities (foot and ankle) and biologics markets, which are among the fastest growing segments in... Read More »Schedule a demo
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