Corizon Health Acquired by Global Investment Firm

Corizon Health Acquired by Global Investment Firm

A leading provider of correctional healthcare services is now under new management. Flacks Group, a privately held global investment firm, announced on June 30 it was acquiring Corizon Health Inc. for an undisclosed amount.   Corizon Health has provided evidence-based healthcare services to states and municipalities across the country for more than 40 years. Corizon offers comprehensive solutions for medical care, behavioral care, pharmaceutical, and re-entry services. Corizon Health’s PharmaCorr is the only in-house pharmacy in the corrections industry. The company employs over 5,000 staff, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.  The acquisition accelerates Flacks... Read More »
Top 10 Healthcare Services Deals 2010-2019

Top 10 Healthcare Services Deals 2010-2019

What a decade it’s been for health care! The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, unleased a tidal wave of change on the U.S. healthcare landscape that continues today. Even on the services side, pharmaceuticals figured into several transactions, from acquiring pharmacy benefits managers and contract research organizations (the R&D angle) to wholesale and distribution. With only a few days left in the decade, here’s a chart of the top 10 healthcare services deals announced since January 1, 2010, ranked by disclosed price. Five of the top 10 deals were announced in the last three years, including CVS Health’s (NYSE: CVS) $78 billion shocker targeting Aetna,... Read More »
Heal Acquires Medical House Call Company in NYC

Heal Acquires Medical House Call Company in NYC

Heal announced this week it will acquire Doctors on Call, one of the largest in-home medical practices providing medical house calls for the elderly in New York City, for $15 million. The target employs a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to provide medical treatment for chronic diseases, sick visits, and post-hospital care. The company averaged 42,000 house calls to seniors in New York City in 2018. Heal is familiar with this business, no doubt, as it develops a mobile application that connects patients with doctors and physicians for medical house calls. Its services are available to more than 75 million patients throughout Atlanta, Georgia; California,... Read More »
Managed Care Deals for All in 2019

Managed Care Deals for All in 2019

Investors seem unfazed by the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate around the topic of “Medicare for All.” Mergers and acquisitions in the Managed Care sector are flowing quite well this year. Halfway through September, 20 deals have been announced, putting this sector on track to equal or possibly exceed the 25 deals announced in 2018. Over the last decade, annual deal volume in this sector has averaged 20 deals per year. The peak was hit in 2015 with 43 deals, not including the terminated mega-deals between Aetna and Humana (NYSE: HUM) for $37 billion and Anthem (NYSE: ANTM) and Cigna (NYSE: CI) for $54 billion. In June of that year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled... Read More »
Managed Care Deals for All in 2019

Managed Care Company GoHealth Acquired by Centerbridge Partners

Medicare Advantage programs and ancillaries are bringing in big bucks and new buyers. On August 19, Centerbridge Partners, L.P. announced its acquisition of GoHealth, LLC for a reported $1.4 billion from Norwest Equity Partners, the second-largest managed care deal in 2019, so far. The company is a leading provider of Medical Advantage products in the direct-to-consumer channel. Its platform combines technology, data science, and proprietary algorithms to match consumers with the best healthcare policy and carriers in the Medicare, Individual & Family and Small Group markets. Centerbridge and GoHealth broke off negotiations earlier in August over price, according to reports in... Read More »