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The Decline in Behavioral Healthcare M&A Deals Explained
Market conditions that include rising borrowing costs and increasing construction-related expenses have led those engaged in behavioral healthcare M&A deals to employ various growth and expansion strategies. Shane Harmon, senior director, behavioral health...
Highlighting Current Healthcare Services Industry Trends
Last week, the LevinPro HC team attended The Healthcare Services Investment Conference hosted by DealFlow Events. It was held just outside Times Square in New York City and featured a wide variety of healthcare industry members, from sell-side advisors to healthcare...
The Home Health and Hospice Market with Andre Ulloa and Mark Thomas
Last month, we spoke with Andre Ulloa, Partner and Executive Advisor, at M&A Healthcare Advisors for the report, The Durability of the Specialty Pharmacy Market. During that conversation, we touched on the home health and hospice market (HH&H),...
Medical Office Building Deal Flow Drops Amid Market Headwinds
The challenges faced by medical office building investors in 2023 which have led to a decline in overall activity…
The Changing Healthcare Real Estate Lending Market
The healthcare real estate lending market has been on an upswing in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift from hospital inpatient care to patients receiving most of their treatment in outpatient clinics, such as ambulatory care settings, urgent...
Navigating Labor Headwinds in Home Health & Hospice
The labor issues in the Home Health & Hospice industry have significant implications for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Explore how these issues impact the industry and its potential for growth and consolidation.
The Crossover of Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Care
Traditionally, Behavioral Health Care (BHC) and Rehabilitation have been seen as two separate healthcare sectors with little overlap, but, in the wake of both COVID-19 and the third wave of the opioid crisis, that may (and should) change as more companies discover the potential benefits of pairing both types of healthcare providers together.
What Is Value-Based Care?
Value-based care is the future of the U.S. healthcare system. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) want all Medicare beneficiaries and the majority of Medicaid beneficiaries to be in value-based care arrangements by 2030 – and the rest of the...
Urology Opens the Door to Private Equity and Consolidation
There is almost unlimited potential for financial growth in urology because of rising patient demand. “Urology is a surgical subspecialty where you can do very well as an investor,” said Hector Torres, a managing director at DC Advisory. However, urology has flown...
Has Private Equity Reached a Plateau in Healthcare M&A Activity?
Private equity’s share of healthcare M&A activity may have plateaued in 2022 as macroeconomic conditions are affecting private equity’s impact in the sector. According to the LevinPro HC database, a record 2,429 M&A deals were reported in 2022. Private equity...
Healthcare Subsectors Drive Double-Digit M&A Decline in 2023
There is no shortage of subsectors contributing to the overall double-digit percentage decline in healthcare M&A activity in 2023. According to the LevinPro HC database, there have been 1,299 healthcare M&A deals this year through July 31. This represents an...
Healthcare Labor Shortage Issues May Worsen
The severe healthcare labor shortage has been attributed to numerous factors. Job burnout, retirements and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are all well-known factors contributing to the crisis that is only expected to get worse. However, one factor has gotten...
Assured Hospice Acquisition and Home Health M&A Trends – A Conversation with Alex Veach of Agenda Health
Agenda Health, a healthcare-focused M&A advisory firm based in Austin, Texas, advised Assured Hospice in its acquisition by Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. Agenda Health’s mission is to deliver consistent...
Impacts of Private Equity Healthcare M&A Activity
Since private equity has grown significantly since 2010, private equity healthcare deals have been flown too far under the radar. From dominating the healthcare industry as buyers or partnering with health systems, private equity has a hold on the healthcare...
It’s Not Just a Private Equity Game – Traditional Health Systems Are Consolidating, Too
Levin Associates attended AHLA’s Health Care Transactions Conference on April 17-19, 2023, and the insights shared below are from panel discussions our writer observed in person. Healthcare investments among private equity firms have attracted a lot of attention in...
Medicare Is Driving the Shift to Value-Based Care
Takeaways from AHLA’s Health Care Transactions Conference Value-based care has arrived and it is here to stay. That was the consensus shared by panelists at the Health Care Transactions conference hosted by the American Health Law Association in April 2023 in...
GLOSSARY: Key Financial Terms of Private Equity Transactions
Learn the definitions of key financial terms in private equity transactions. Provided by expert partners and compiled by Levin Associates.
Hospitals and Private Equity: A Strategic Realignment
Hospitals and private equity partnerships have created new opportunities for hospital systems to be even more strategic about their operations. One of the recurring themes discussed at the AHLA conference was that many traditional health systems are dealing with cash...
Health Systems and Private Equity: A growing trend
Are traditional health systems and private equity groups natural competitors? Maybe not. Levin Associates' proprietary deal database, which tracks mergers and acquisitions in real time, shows the fast pace at which both sides have been consolidating the medical...
Selling Physician Practices: The Benefits and Pitfalls
The Physician Medical Group (PMG) market is one of the most active healthcare sectors, in part driven by how many are selling physician practices physicians are choosing to sell their practices to larger entities. As of January 2022, 74% of physicians in the United...
Hospital Market Status & Review: Spring 2023 Update
As we approach the halfway point of 2023, we thought it’d be worthwhile to examine the state of the hospital M&A market so far. Through mid-May, strategic buyers and investors announced 27 hospital deals, 16 of which were in the first quarter, according to data...
In Conversation: Tom Price, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon and Former HHS Secretary
Tom Price, MD of Shore Capital discusses private equity and physician medical group M&A. What should physicians consider when partnering with a PE firm?
The big picture: what is driving physician practice M&A?
Levin Associates sat with Dana Jacoby, the CEO and founder of Vector Medical Group, and Gary Herschman, a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., at the 6th annual Physician Transactions Conference in Las Vegas in March 2023 to discuss what's driving physician...
Agenda Health Facilitates Sale of HealthKeeperz’s Home Health Business to BAYADA Home Health Care
HealthKeeperz, a home and community-based health care service provider based in Pembroke, North Carolina, announced in early March its plans to sell its home health business to BAYADA Home Health Care (BAYADA). The transaction was expected to be completed by the end...
The Future of Gastroenterology Valuations and Competition
The future of gastroenterology is one with unlimited potential for growth. The expanding patient need for services, combined with advancements that allow more procedures to be performed in outpatient settings, have made gastroenterology an attractive target for...
Takeaways from the 6th Annual Physician Transactions Conference
The role of private equity in healthcare was the focus of the 6th Annual Physician Transactions Conference on March 9, 2023. Physicians, private equity investors, investment bankers and other healthcare business leaders gathered in Las Vegas to talk about what...
Spotlight: Orthopedic Consolidation and the Role of Private Equity
Orthopedic consolidation is trending as practices are highly attractive targets for investors, especially private equity-backed platforms that are looking to expand. However, it can be a challenging sector to access – in part because orthopedic groups have...
Spotlight: Fertility Services and Investment
Fertility is one of the fastest-growing service lines in healthcare. Analysts agree that while valuations may dip slightly from their post-COVID highs, the sector’s growth potential over the next several years is substantial. The fertility sector: What are we talking...
Spotlight: Cardiology and the Mounting Interest from Private Equity
Cardiology has been described as the “hot commodity” among private equity groups looking to increase investment in healthcare. Factors including significant patient demand for the services, more procedures shifting to outpatient settings, and the smaller number of...
Managed Care M&A Fueled by Medicare Advantage
Gauging the Managed Care M&A sector is a nuanced affair. On one hand, the M&A market, especially in the last few years, has been relatively subdued, at least in terms of the raw numbers. In 2022, investors announced 44 Managed Care M&A transactions, a...
Physician Practice Consolidation and Providers’ Response
Physician practice consolidation continues to have a significant presence in the healthcare landscape as practices compete against each other for market control. Physician practice consolidation continues to have a significant presence in the healthcare landscape as...
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