Hospitals Realign In The New York City Metropolitan Area Email Editor The start of the New Year continued some themes in the Hospital M&A market that closed the Old Year. One is the reappearance of not-for-profit operators, particularly Roman Catholic hospitals,...
Sector Leads Robust Consolidation In 2007 Email Editor The Medical Device sector posted a total of 14 deals during January, representing 17% of the month’s M&A deal volume. However, the sector attracted a disproportionate share of M&A dollars, $19.3 billion,...
Will Smith & Nephew Ultimately Join Forces With Biomet? Email Editor Rumors swirled in early December that medical device maker Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) was preparing an $11.0 billion bid for rival Biomet, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMET). We now know that BMET was in...
A Record Year By The Numbers Email Editor As we noted in December’s issue, 2006 posted record-breaking activity in the health care M&A industry. Based on preliminary figures (more deals will likely be mined from the annual reports appearing over the next 90...
Subacute Behavioral Health Care’s Major Consolidator Email Editor We recently spoke with Dr. Barry Karlin, CEO of CRC Health Group, about the banner year that his company has been having. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, CRC is a provider of subacute behavioral...
Sixty-one Deals Announced Worth A Total Of $34.2 Billion Email Editor November saw a total of 61 mergers and acquisitions announced in the health care industry, down 21% from the 77 deals announced in October. Thirty-four deals, or 56% of the month’s total, were in...