Apex Dental Partners continues its strategic growth with the addition of five new affiliated practices in Colorado, expanding its presence in the state to 12 locations and bringing its total network to 65 practices across eight states. This milestone reflects continued demand from dentists seeking a long-term partner that can support growth while preserving the […]
Ambulatory surgery center (ASC) dealmaking is far from frozen. But M&A activity also isn’t exactly on par with the red-hot stretch of the early 2020s, where healthcare transactions came fast and furious, driven by cheap money and aggressive investors. Instead, today’s ASC market is shaped by steady deal flow, healthy interest from private equity and
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The first quarter of 2026 brought plenty of opportunity for HCA Healthcare to stock up on outpatient facilities, with management saying that the company does not expect any impending policy changes to dampen its appetite or opportunities for continued investment in access points. During a session at the 2026 RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference,
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Health insurers facing growing criticism over rising premiums are trying to shift the narrative by portraying hospitals and drugmakers as the real culprits behind health care’s affordability crisis. Insurers and employer-backed advocacy groups such as Better Solutions for Healthcare and its Hospital Watch initiative are running ads pointing out hospitals’ outsized presence in some markets,
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Brookfield and two other suitors are circling Gulf fertility business Fakih IVF in a deal that highlights how private equity continues to chase speciality healthcare opportunities and other sectors in the Middle East despite the Iran war. The sale of Fakih IVF, which has also drawn the interest of US buyout firm TA Associates and
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Lantheus Holdings is weighing a potential sale after getting a takeover offer from private-equity backed Curium Pharma that values it at about $7 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The two companies have been in discussions about a potential deal that could be weeks away, the report said, adding
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Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, has closed Kayne Anderson Real Estate Partners VII LP with $5.12 billion in capital commitments, making it the largest opportunistic equity fund in the firm’s history. KAREP VII will target investments across medical office, senior housing, student housing and
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Ohio and Georgia are seeing a large influx of new hospice operators, leading some to suspect that fraud is becoming more prevalent in those states. The four states that historically have been hotbeds for fraud — California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas — also saw hosts of new providers enter their markets, many of which were
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Gov. Bill Lee has signed the Freedom, Access and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy Act into law, making Tennessee the second state to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies. The legislation passed despite an aggressive opposition campaign. PBMs and their allies reportedly spent more than $7 million and deployed more than 60 lobbyists
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Sacramento-based Sutter Health and Minneapolis-based Allina Health’s pending combination took a step forward this week with the signing of a definitive agreement, the nonprofit systems announced. The agreement locks in the plans shared earlier this year in a letter of intent—namely, that the cross-market deal would bring more than $2 billion of investment to Allina’s
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