Optum, a division of UnitedHealthcare, is set to expand its patient care options across the U.S. with the recently announced agreement to acquire DaVita Medical Group. 

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U.S. Dermatology Partners (USDP), backed by private equity firm ABRY Partners, actively expanded its geography throughout 2017. 

Several MT Consulting clients have recently joined the growing Ivy Rehab Network that now boasts 95 locations in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Southeast. 

Two large healthcare organizations announced the proposed merger of their respective urgent care operations.  Select Medical's Concentra and Dignity Health's U.S. Healthworks will come together to "strengthen the delivery of clinical care, standardize best practices and improve service for employers and employees." according to Dignity Chief Financial Officer Daniel Morissette. 

Market fragmentation continues in the behavioral health sector and so does its appeal among private equity firms. In a report by Stout, an advisory firm, interest in the sector has bounced back in 2017 after a lull in 2016.

It's September...the home stretch for baseball's 2017 regular season.  We'll soon know who's going into post-season play and who's out.

Nashville-based Surgery Partners cleared various regulatory hurdles to close in on the acquisition of National Surgical Healthcare by month end.

Buyout firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), is adding life to its healthcare portfolio with planned acquisitions of Covenant Surgical Partners and American Medical Response (AMR