In their recently released report, finance firm, Berkery Noyes, sized up healthcare M&A in 2012. Highlights included: 21% increase in transactions (vs. 2011) Slight increase in transaction value (5%): $11.36B to $11.96B Increase in Healthcare IT segment deals by 11% Substantial interest in the mobile application sub-sector M&A activity in 2013 is predicted to be […]
US private equity funds raised $130.1B (326 funds) in the first three quarters of 2012. Impressive...as this amount nearly matches the capital raised in all of 2011 ($131.5B). "Although it's far from easy to raise capital today, more private equity firms have the wind at their backs than [they] did even a year or […]
Monday's announcement that Aetna will buy Coventry Health Care underscores the trend in health care consolidation. CompHealth, a Salt Lake City-based health care staffing firm, offers an interesting visual to illustrate the industry's merger activity based on a 2011 survey. >>View: Healthy Growth? Some of the findings for 2012: 75% of hospitals and health systems […]
The recently published The Health Care M&A Report reveals a busy Q2, 2012. Preliminary figures indicate that while total acquisition dollars dipped, the absolute number of deals matched that of an active Q2, 2011 ($75B). The health care technology segment accounted for over 60% of the $61B spent on deals from April-June, 2012. The technology segment […]
