PE Firms Target Behavioral Health, Eating Disorder Programs
Behavioral health care has never been a particularly active sector, but deal volume has increased year-over-year between 2010 and 2016, growing 412% in that time. And there’s a good chance that 2017 will continue this trend. Through August 30, 32 behavioral health care deals have been announced, up 7% compared with the same period last year. So what else is going on this year? So far, we haven’t seen anything close to a mega-deal. The largest price tag this year was Care Capital Properties’ (NYSE: CCP) $380 million acquisition of the real estate assets of six behavioral health hospitals from Signature Healthcare Services LLC, dba Aurora Behavioral Health. This was the second... Read More »MedEquities Trust Enters the Behavioral Health Sector
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are back in action in the Behavioral Health Care sector. Last April we reported on Care Capital Properties (NYSE: CCP) $380 million deal for six inpatient facilities owned by Signature Healthcare Services LLC (dba Aurora Behavioral Health). Early in August, MedEquities Realty Trust (NYSE: MRT) made its first move into the sector. On August 7, MedEquities announced a definitive agreement to acquire four behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facilities from subsidiaries of AAC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAC), aka American Addiction Centers, for $25 million. Brentwood, Tennessee-based AAC operates 12 residential substance abuse treatment facilities,... Read More »Behavioral Health Deals Tumble in Q2:17
Deal activity in the Behavioral Health Care sector plummeted in Q2:17, down 50% compared with the previous quarter, and down 53% compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The quarter’s total of eight deals represents 21% of the 39 transactions announced in the past 12 months. In fact, those two quarters—Q1:17 and Q2:16—had the highest number of deals in the preceding 12 months, so the news is not quite as dire as it appears. The second quarter’s deal volume is equal to that of Q4:16 and Q3:16. The passage of the 21st Century Cures Act in December 2016 brought additional focus and spending on substance abuse programs, particularly for opioid addiction, and mental health issues.... Read More »REITs Move in on Behavioral Health
When it comes to health care, real estate investment trusts (REITs) typically target medical office buildings, which can be converted to other uses more easily than an acute-care hospital can. But some privately held hospitals and health systems are turning to REITs as a way to get cash out of a portfolio company, sometimes without exiting. Through April 2017, two deals have featured a REIT as hospital acquirers, compared with only one announced deal in 2016. Now, behavioral health hospitals are REIT targets. Ventas’ (NYSE: VTR) 2015 healthcare REIT spinoff, Care Capital Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CCP), recently moved into the behavioral health care sector. On April 10, the company... Read More »Schedule a demo
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