Transactions & Valuation Issues

As the healthcare landscape changes at a rapid rate, physician practices are seeking ways to remain clinically independent while growing and remaining competitive.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare finalized its deal to sell 47 Brookdale Health Care Services agencies to Lafayette, La.-based LHC Group.

As private equity firms continue to buy up hospitals, a November Health Affairs study found hospitals acquired by private equity firms were more likely to add profitable hospital service lines than non-acquired hospitals.

Healthcare industry deals have increased in 2021, and it may be a record year if the current pace continues, according to Epstein Becker Green attorneys and health industry financial analysts at KPMG and FocalPoint Partners in Bloomberg Law Nov. 2.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth purchased 30 acres of land in Minneola, Fla., and plans to build a full-service hospital on the site.

Grant Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed hospital in Petersburg, W.Va., inked a letter of intent to join the West Virginia University Health System in Morgantown. 

There are several ways healthcare assets can be assessed for mergers and acquisitions, and for other situations and events where a valuation is needed.

War Memorial Hospital, a 49-bed facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has signed an agreement to join Midland-based MidMichigan Health.

Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center is exploring a deal to join Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.

Privia Health Group, a technology-driven physician enablement company based in Arlington, Va., entered two new partnerships that will add 430 providers to its network.