PE Firm Waud Capital Partners Acquires Fusion Healthcare Staffing, Forms Fusion Health

PE Firm Waud Capital Partners Acquires Fusion Healthcare Staffing, Forms Fusion Health

Chicago-based private equity firm Waud Capital Partners has acquired Fusion Healthcare Staffing for an undisclosed price. In connection with the deal, Waud Capital Partners, in partnership with healthcare executives Bales Nelson and Allen Dye, has formed Fusion Health. Fusion Health will offer staffing services to healthcare facilities, providers and health plans, working to help with a variety of episodic clinical resource needs through technology-focused services. Nelson will serve as chief executive officer of Fusion Health and Dye will serve as president. Headquartered in Sandy, Utah, Fusion Healthcare Staffing is a provider of staffing services to hospitals and healthcare providers... Read More »
Unifeye Vision Partners Expands With Premier Surgery Center Partnership

Unifeye Vision Partners Expands With Premier Surgery Center Partnership

Unifeye Vision Partners (UVP), a portfolio company of private equity firm Waud Capital Partners, announced on March 3 the completion of a strategic partnership with Premier Surgery Center, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in Santa Maria, California. This represents UVP’s fifth ASC in the state of California and the 17th member of the growing UVP community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 by physician partners from Pacific Eye Surgeons, Shepard Eye Center, California Retinal Consultants, ADV Vision and Central Coast Retinal, the ASC serves patients in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The 13 physicians and their team treat ophthalmology, ENT and... Read More »
Ivy Rehab for Kids Partners With Sora Therapy

Ivy Rehab for Kids Partners With Sora Therapy

Ivy Rehab for Kids welcomes Sora Therapy to its network. Founded in 2004 and based in Andover, Minnesota, Sora Therapy provides pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ivy Rehab for Kids is an outpatient pediatric rehabilitation provider and part of the Ivy Rehab network. Founded in 2003, Ivy Rehab, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm Waud Capital Partners, is a network of outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy and ABA clinics throughout the U.S. According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this marks the seventh Rehabilitation transaction of 2023. This is a significant decrease from the same... Read More »
Waud Capital-Backed Ivy Rehab Acquires Excel Physical Therapy

Waud Capital-Backed Ivy Rehab Acquires Excel Physical Therapy

Ivy Rehab, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm Waud Capital Partners, announced its acquisition of Excel Physical Therapy, which provides care to patients in 24 clinics throughout New Jersey. This marks Ivy Rehab’s first transaction of 2023. The partnership with Excel Physical Therapy brings an additional 24 clinics to Ivy Rehab’s more than 100 New Jersey locations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, Ivy Rehab is a network of outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy and ABA clinics throughout the U.S. According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition marks the sixth Rehabilitation transaction of 2023.... Read More »
GI Alliance Partners Enters Northeast With Connecticut GI Partnership

GI Alliance Partners Enters Northeast With Connecticut GI Partnership

GI Alliance announced on January 26 a partnership with Connecticut GI, expanding GI Alliance’s presence into the Northeast and its 15th state. Based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, Connecticut GI specializes in digestive health, liver disorders and colorectal cancer screening. The company includes 82 physicians, 45 advanced practice providers and 400 team members providing GI care in 25 practices and 25 procedure locations. GI Alliance is a physician-led and majority physician-owned GI practice management company providing services to nearly 800 independent gastroenterologists operating in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,... Read More »