St. Croix Hospice Sold to H.I.G. Capital
St. Croix Hospice now has a new owner. The Oakdale, Minnesota-based hospice provider was sold by The Vistria Group to fellow private equity firm H.I.G Capital. According to sources cited in PE Hub, the deal was valued at $580 million. St. Croix Hospice is a leading provider of hospice care across the midwestern United States, serving an area that covers six contiguous states. The Vistria Group and St. Croix Hospice partnership started in October 2017 after the private equity firm purchased a majority stake in St. Croix from Clearview Capital Fund III, LP. Vistria and St. Croix’s first acquisition came in 2019 when they purchased... Read More »
October 2018 Healthcare Deal Spending Breaks Even
Spending on healthcare deals in the month of October didn’t match the surge in deal volume (see separate post). At $9.4 billion, October 2018 posted a slight 4% gain over September, but was 25% lower than the $12.6 billion spent in October 2017. Of course, we can only go by disclosed prices, and several transactions that did not disclose financial terms would probably boost the month’s total by at least a few billion dollars. H.I.G. Capital’s acquisition of Correct Care Solutions, is a case in point. Co-owners Audax, GTCR and Frazier Healthcare sold Correct Care, which provides medical and behavioral health services for nearly 250,000 patients in 38 U.S. states and in Australia. Only... Read More »
Reliant Rehabilitation Sold to H.I.G. Capital
Rehabilitation deals aren’t made public very frequently, but when the target is big enough, we hear about them. That was the case when H.I.G. Capital announced the closing of its acquisition of Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of therapy services, including physical, occupational and speech, to skilled nursing facilities. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Reliant is one of the largest providers of contract therapy services in the United States. It uses a proprietary care model that emphasizes early intervention/assessment, properly designed clinical care plans and pathways to improve patients’ functional levels. In this time of critical labor shortages in many... Read More »
DW Healthcare Partners Exits Rehab and Enters Behavioral Health
DW Healthcare Partners has had a busy summer, buying a healthcare staffing company and a behavioral health platform, then selling its rehabilitation business. In June, the firm announced its investment in Aequor Healthcare Services in Piscataway, New Jersey, the sixth investment made by DW Healthcare Partners Fund IV, LP. Aequor specializes in healthcare and clinical staffing by providing physicians, therapists, nurses, technologists and allied healthcare professionals to hospital systems, nursing homes, home care providers, clinics, school systems, laboratories, and pharmaceutical/life sciences organizations nationwide. In August, it acquired California Psychcare, a behavioral services... Read More »Schedule a demo
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