Industry Trends

Anu Singh, managing director and leader of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions at Kaufman Hall, says he expects to see more hospitals making deals in the months ahead.

The dermatology market’s allure lies in its promising market dynamics, including opportunities for consolidating practices, leveraging economies of scale, and optimizing operational efficiencies.

The analysis explores the changes in the ownership and organization of physician practices, as well as the reasons that private practices are sold to hospitals or health systems.

There are a number of cancer care at home programs and pilots in place right now, many of which are seeing success.

By bringing care into the home, payers like CVS’ Aetna and UnitedHealth believe they’ll be able to lower costs and act on health concerns before they become more acute.

This was true not only with respect to the number of announced transactions, but also with respect to the total transacted revenue for the quarter.

HC Fund V will enable the firm to build upon its record of investing in microcap healthcare businesses and partner with companies across a variety of healthcare subsectors that have between $5 million and $200 million in revenue.

Increasing automation of operations and adding new revenue streams are some opportunities DSOs can tap into to fuel growth, according to Barry Lyon, DDS.

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund wants government officials to take action to slow what it dubs as “the increasingly harmful effects” or private equity’s control of massive swaths of the health care sector.

There is still significant growth potential for private equity buyers in the physician services sector, particularly in transacting with small and mid-sized physician groups.