Big Names Are Buying Up Doc Groups

This has been a busy year in the physician medical group sector. Twenty-two deals have been announced through the first week in April. Four of those deals were announced, quite literally, in the first week of April. Premier Health, a health system based in Dayton, Ohio, made its fifth acquisition of a health care practice in the past six months. Upper Valley ENT, a two-physician practice in Troy, will join Premier HealthNet, the specialty physician group that is part of the health system. The group now has more than 150 physicians in southwest Ohio. Right in Premier Health’s backyard, TeamHealth Holdings (NYSE: TMH) acquired Children’s Emergency Services, which provides... Read More »