HCA acquires medical imaging training institute | PE firm sells rad network for $2.4B | Lantheus considers sale | RadNet expands

The country’s largest hospital system is buying the Medical Technology Management Institute and its parent company for an undisclosed sum. 

Permira is selling Australia's I-Med Radiology Network, which recently entered the U.S. by acquiring StatRad, to Hong Kong-based multinational conglomerate Jardine Matheson.  

The Bedford, Massachusetts-based company has reportedly been approached about a possible acquisition by competitor Curium Pharma, Bloomberg reported May 22. 

This leaves only about 18% of docs practicing in physician-owned settings as of Jan. 1, with corporations employing an additional 48,000-plus docs over the past two years. 

The publicly traded imaging center operator is teaming with Saint Alphonsus Health System to jointly run five facilities in Idaho. 

The Nashville, Tennessee, company—which offers AI to monitor radiology reports for unexpected findings—has reached a deal to buy Thynk Health for an undisclosed sum. 

Medmo and Covera Health, both based in New York, officially announced their merger on April 21, with the latter’s lead investor, Insight Partners, funding the deal. 

UPDATED: America’s largest radiology group has purportedly considered making a bid to buy its Australian counterpart, which tallied over $176 million in adjusted earnings last year. 

The Marlborough, Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor expects its sale to TPG and Blackstone to officially close on April 7. 

Lancaster Radiology Associates and Penn Medicine had together owned both the MRI Group and PET Partnership, operating six centers in the Keystone State.