BHC Sector Booms as Acadia Healthcare Explores a Sale
Mergers and acquisitions in the Behavioral Health Care sector are booming in 2018, with 68 transactions made public through mid-October, 21% higher than the total in 2017. Now comes the report that one of the sector’s largest publicly traded companies, Acadia Healthcare Company (NASDAQ: ACHC), is in talks with a few interested parties to sell itself, and most likely go private. On October 18, Reuters reported the Franklin, Tennessee-based company was fielding interest from the private sector, naming KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) and TPG Global as two firms that have approached Acadia. With a market cap of $3.4 billion and debt of $3.14 billion (less $79.5 million cash), Acadia... Read More »
Thinking of Selling Your Health Care Company to a PE Firm?
If you’re the owner or an investor in small- to mid-market healthcare services company, you’re probably wondering if the time is right to sell or seek growth equity from a private equity firm. We’re hosting a webinar on just that theme, “The Ins and Outs of Selling Your Healthcare Services Company to a Private Equity Firm,” on Thursday, March 8, at 1:00 pm ET. Follow the link to register, and read on for a look at the state of global and domestic private equity markets. Bain Capital just released its 2018 Global Private Equity Report, which painted a fairly rosy picture. Both buyouts and exits posted healthy gains in 2017, and the largest buyout funds ever... Read More »
Private Equity Feeds RCM Growth
Revenue cycle management companies remain a strong investment opportunity for financial buyers. As of Mid-September 2017, 52% of RCM targets were acquired by private equity firms or other PE-backed eHeath companies. One Georgia-based RCM firm continues to thrive following an investment from Bain Capital. In June 2016, Bain Capital acquired Navicure Inc. for an undisclosed price. Navicure provides cloud-based claims management and patient payment solutions for physician practices and hospitals. Its revenue cycle management platform served approximately 90,000 U.S. providers at the time of the deal. Fast forward to September 2017, Navicure now serves more than 100,000 providers. On... Read More »