The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the M&A market at every stage of the deal-making process – from complicating on-site visits and intensifying the diligence process to introducing valuation gaps (relative to pre-COVID-19...more
12/7/2020
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Buyers ,
CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Employee Retention ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Indemnification ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Private Equity ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
Representations and Warranties ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sellers ,
SIGPR ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deferral
While many healthcare-focused middle- and lower-middle market private equity firms and their portfolio companies continue to spend the bulk of their time addressing operational, cash flow and workforce issues related to...more
The recently declared global pandemic, COVID-19, has had a particularly acute impact on the healthcare industry and healthcare private equity investors. There are many issues affecting private healthcare companies on several...more
By all accounts, 2019 proved to be another year of significant investment by private equity firms in the physician practice space. Below we discuss 10 trends we observed as counsel on a number of these transactions during...more
1/22/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Due Diligence ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Indemnity Insurance ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Strategic Planning
Discover the factors that drove healthcare M&A activity in 2019.
Innovation, expansion and continued private equity investment in the industry influenced healthcare transactions last year. 2019 saw continued robust...more
1/16/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Divestiture ,
EBITDA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Joint Venture ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mental Health ,
Mergers ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms
Investors’ interest in healthcare continues to grow and healthcare-related deal flow in private equity appears to be at an all-time high. On November 5, Bass, Berry, & Sims member Tatjana Paterno moderated a Kayo Women in...more
Following the launch of several platforms in recent years, it seems that private equity’s interest in the fertility space is trending up again. Investment in this sector brings some unique issues that potential investors...more
11/13/2019
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Clinical Laboratories ,
Consent ,
Discounts ,
Due Diligence ,
Fertility Treatments ,
Health Care Providers ,
Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
Partnerships ,
Patient Referrals ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms
In the wave of physician practice management transactions, urology is poised to be one of the next hot sectors. In addition to the issues to consider in connection with any physician practice transaction, below we discuss...more
6/26/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physician-Owned Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
2018 marked a year of continued robust healthcare merger and acquisition activity, with deal volume surpassing that of 2017. The dollar volume of healthcare deals also exceeded 2017, highlighted by CVS Health Corp. (NYSE:...more
1/9/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Acute Facilities ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Investors ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Substance Abuse ,
Urgent Care Facilities
Spring cleaning season has arrived! This time of year serves as the perfect opportunity to revisit your portfolio company’s healthcare compliance. The complex and ever changing healthcare regulatory and enforcement...more