For the second quarter in a row, the volume of senior care acquisitions topped all health care services categories with 22 announced transactions in the first quarter of 2003. Admittedly, it was a slow quarter for health care services, with only four hospital deals...
Based on preliminary figures, a total of 218 mergers and acquisitions were announced in 13 sectors of the health care industry in the first quarter of 2003. This represents a nearly one-quarter (24%) drop in activity from the previous quarter, but a 3% gain from the...
Even though there was little doubt about the outcome, management at Sunrise Assisted Living (NYSE: SRZ), not to mention at Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), must have breathed a big sigh of relief last weekend when the assets of Marriott Senior Living Services...
Even though the merger and acquisition market has appeared to be relatively slow, senior care led all health care services sectors in the fourth quarter of 2002 with 20 publicly announced deals. It was the second time during the year that senior care led the pack in...
For the second month straight, activity in the Biotechnology sector led the health care M&A market. In a slow month which saw a total of only 53 deals announced, the Biotech sector accounted for nine deals, or 17% of the total. Based on prices revealed to date,...
No matter what kind of senior care facility you operate—skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living—the past few years have been a very difficult operating environment. Oddly, however, the financial woes of the senior care industry seemed to have had little...