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Jul 22 2010

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While there is still room for growth in the U.S. health insurance industry, international markets may play a large role in the expansion strategies of some of the largest companies in the near future.

Jul 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

It’s no secret that consumer health care is hot, but Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s proposed £2.5 billion offer for SSL International PLC has just slapped a massive 18.6x Ebitda multiple on the sector

Jul 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In what may signal an important shift, some chief executives say they are ready to start spending the mountains of cash they have stockpiled over the past year

Jul 20 2010

Epoch Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Most companies no longer grow organically—that is, through innovation, research, and development—but increasingly are acquiring competitors or up-and-coming firms with new products or access to new markets

Jul 20 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Carlyle Group continued its flurry of dealmaking with two globe-spanning, health-related investments Monday, one in Australia and the second in Brazil

Jul 19 2010

Reuters

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co was trumped by a higher-than-expected offer by TPG and Carlyle following last-minute negotiations at the weekend with Healthscope

Jul 17 2010

2010 Potpourri XXV

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Another week, another potpourri, this time with items on workers' compensation drug spending, benefit consulting firm mergers, hospital readmissions, geographic variation in spending and use of mobile vans to deliver…

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Jul 12 2010

Market Watch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Aon Corp., the world’s largest insurance broker, agreed to buy Hewitt Associates for $4.9 billion, a move intended to expand further into the human-resources consulting business and step up competition with main rival Marsh & McLennan Cos.

Jul 12 2010

Fierce Health

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Humana has made a move to expand its wellness capabilities and offer members targeted, lifestyle-specific assistance, acquiring Cincinnati-based Hummingbird Coaching Services

Jul 06 2010

Quicken

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HMS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Allied Management Group, a leading provider of fraud, waste, and abuse prevention and detection solutions for health care payors

Jul 01 2010

EON

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Mercer announced today that it has acquired Innovative Process Administration, LLC (IPA), a privately owned, health and benefits administration technology provider

Jul 01 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

After initial optimism that the mergers-and-acquisitions business was back on track, deal making hit a stumbling block in the second quarter

Jun 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Going forward the majority of exits are likely to take a different shape in the form of structured earn-outs – health care firms may accept a lower multiple return up front but have the potential to earn much more

Jun 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With cash piles continually growing for corporations, mergers and acquisitions may start picking up after a relatively quiet start to 2010, at least for midsize purchases, though megadeals will likely remain few and far between.

Jun 25 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The health-care overhaul is likely to push at least 100 insurers with 200,000 members or less out of the business

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