Industry Trends

Home-based care’s buyers and sellers aren’t dealing with a bad market. It’s just a different market compared to a short time ago.

Uncertainty stemming from banking industry turmoil has sharpened startups’ focus on boosting their balance sheets with less equity financing, which has grown more costly, investors said.

Inflation was easing ever so slightly. Investors were rediscovering their confidence and launching new projects, signaling optimism in the sector.

One thing that is on the mind of most home care CEOs is the way they’ve seen billing rates change over the past year or two. 

Insurance companies have been increasingly investing in clincian operations, particularly primary care and home health providers who service Medicare enrollees.

For a while now, FOCUS says it has been watching the plastic surgery and aesthetics space for signs of increasing private equity activity.

Bill Taranto, president of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, talks about what interests Merck when it comes to investing in digital health and what health technology companies need to focus on to garner venture capital funds in 2023.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a firm popular with tech startups and investors, could have lingering effects on the digital health ecosystem as the sector adjusts to a slowing funding environment.

The expectation is that price transparency will boost competition, giving consumers and employers a way to compare prices and make informed choices, ultimately driving down the cost of care. Whether that will happen is not yet clear.