Industry Trends

Invo Healthcare is shutting down the organizations Autism Home Support Services, ABA2Day Behavior Services, Progressus Therapy and Xcite Steps.

The researchers observed a decline in the provision of inpatient pediatric services over time, from 41.5 percent of 4,876 in 2011 to 32.6 percent of 4,551 in 2020. Joining a hospital system was associated with a loss of inpatient pediatric services within five years.

Like Walmart, other retail healthcare competitors including Amazon, CVS, Dollar General and Walgreens are betting on an increase in value-based care, where providers make more money if they keep patients healthy.

FTI Consulting highlights an aging population leading to strong procedural growth, reimbursement, clinical innovation and emerging medical technologies, practice profitability and the role of Ambulatory Surgical Centers.

As things stand, portfolio companies are using more cash flow than usual for interest payments, thus squeezing returns. But a full economic slowdown that could drag down interest rates would create thornier problems for PE investors. 

The company is leaving the home-based and center-based autism therapy segments altogether to focus on its legacy offering: school-based behavioral health services, including ABA.

Rising costs, the return of Medicare sequestration, labor shortages and higher patient acuity levels have all contributed to health systems struggling financially over the past 18 months.

The firm closed its fourth fund, Martis Partners IV, LP, on June 6 with approximately $779 million in capital commitments, exceeding its target of $700 million.

Private investment will continue, as partners look for opportunities to support lower-cost models of virtual or in-home care.

Kaiser Permanente leads the nation’s nonprofit systems in revenue ($99.4 billion) as well as scale, with 624 medical offices, 39 hospitals and 43 retail and employee clinics as of March 31.