When Beverly Enterprises was put into play in January 2005 after an unsolicited offer from Formation Capital and a group of investors, the next name mentioned as a potential takeover target, most likely to be taken private, was Genesis HealthCare Corporation (NASDAQ:...
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...
Seniors Housing M&A Market On Three-Year Run At this time last year, after the strongest acquisition market in the seniors housing industry we had ever seen, we tried to inject a little reality into what appeared to many of us to be a run-away market. We asked...
Dan Madsen, President, Leisure Care In this “Expert Opinion” Interview, we asked him how the new culture transformation was going, why Las Vegas and where he is looking next. Listen now Read the transcript Dan Madsen purchased Leisure Care from the...
The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) has become a leading lobbyist for issues affecting its industry. With a PAC balance that is double what it was a year ago, they have become a force on the Hill. Hear what ASHA president David Schless has to say about the...