The American Medical Association has shockingly discovered that the proposed health plan mega-mergers would hurt competition in many markets!! They are probably right, wish they would look at physician and hospital mergers the same way.
Epic Health is snacking on Option 1 Health, an enteral nutrition provider, to add to its portfolio of pediatric services and adult home care offerings.
Envision Pharma, which provides strategic communications services to the life sciences industry, is acquiring Alligent Biopharm Consulting, which helps the same industry develop medical affairs communications.
A report by the agency responsible for overseeing construction of VA health facilities finds rampant mismanagement and cost overruns, with the most glaring example being a Colorado medical center expected to cost triple the original projections, and it still isn't completed. Still think government is good at this stuff?
Cardiopulmonary Corp., which calls itself a "connected health" company, is connecting with Nuvon to create a merged entity focused on patient monitoring, clinical intelligence, etc.
Back to the PE world, as EDG Partners is providing financing to allow newly-formed PWNHealth to buy a lab services authorization division from Medivo, which offers data analytics for clinical labs.
Xerox, which is not a PE firm, is acquiring a division of Inventiv Health, which is PE owned, called Patient Access Solutions, that helps pharmaceutical companies identify and engage patients.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.