Q2:23 Thematic Earnings Roundup
This earnings season has provided us with insights into how various publicly traded healthcare companies are navigating the current landscape. Let’s delve into the trends and outcomes that defined the second quarter of 2023. The Home Health & Hospice Market: The Erosion of Medicare Fee-For-Service The Home Health & Hospice (HH&H) market has been volatile of late, with companies like Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) reporting a significant shortfall in earnings and a decline in revenue compared to the same period last year. Amedisys reported a financial loss in the second quarter of $80.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same 2022 period. A significant portion of this... Read More »
Dr. Amar Desai to Lead Optum Health as New CEO
After less than six months in his role as president of health care delivery at CVS Health, Dr. Amar Desai is returning to UnitedHealth Group as the new CEO of Optum Health. The shift in leadership comes as Optum Health is growing its presence in the home health and hospice market. The company recently acquired two of the largest providers in the space – LHC Group and Amedisys Inc. – with price tags of $6 billion and more than $3.7 billion, respectively. In his role as Optum’s CEO, Dr. Desai will oversee operations of the company’s nearly 135,000 employees that provide home health, hospice and other services to 103 million patients nationwide. “I am looking forward to working with our... Read More »
CVS Health Acquires Oak Street Health for $10.6 Billion
CVS Health announced on February 8 its acquisition of Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6 billion. This marks CVS Health’s third largest deal in the last decade and fourth in the company’s history. With the purchase of Oak Street Health, CVS Health will control more than 160 primary care centers that offer routine health screenings and diagnosis to adults. Oak Street Health is a health care network of primary care centers for older adults on Medicare. The company leverages value-based care payment structures to improve outcomes and curb cost. Oak Street Health, which went public in 2020, operates... Read More »
The Top 10 Healthcare Deals of 2018. So Far
It’s been a busy year for healthcare deal makers, and it’s not over yet. With slightly more than 1,700 deals announced as we went to press, this year’s deal volume has already surpassed 2017’s 1,607 total. Dollar volume is on par with last year’s total of $316.3 billion. At the moment, 2018’s spend stands at $316.9 billion. We will likely see a few more big deals in the remaining weeks of December, just as in December 2017. That was the month that CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced their $77 billion tie-up, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health made their mega-merger public, Optum (NYSE: UNH) announced its $4.9 billion acquisition of DaVita Medical Group (NYSE:... Read More »Schedule a demo
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