Mergers & Acquisitions

The healthcare industry sees a lot of consolidation between both vendors and healthcare providers this channel tracks mergers and acquisitions between large healthcare systems, community hospitals, private practices, vendors and private equity investors. Health systems have been growing in size substantially in the past decade with mergers with smaller healthcare systems and hospitals. This is largely due to the need to be more efficient amid lower reimbursements and rising costs by building an economy of scale in a larger health system. On the vendor side, mergers have become a common way to reduce research and development costs by purchasing intellectual rights for new technologies, or to purchased companies with new technologies that already have regulatory market clearance. 

Tellica Imaging Intermountain

Hospital giant to expand homegrown outpatient imaging chain that offers flat-rate MR and CT

First launched in 2021, Tellica Imaging has aimed to capitalize on the industry's shift away from hospitals to less costly freestanding sites

March 28, 2024
Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

UnitedHealth’s Optum to acquire 9-state multispecialty radiology provider

Dallas-based Steward Medical Group spans 450 practices, employing over 1,700 providers including 180-plus radiologists. 
 

March 28, 2024
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Doctors form new coalition focused on reducing private equity’s role in cardiology, other healthcare specialties

More than 5,000 U.S. physicians joined forces to launch the new group. They say they are focused on limiting private equity's involvement and influence in healthcare. 

March 18, 2024
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UnitedHealth earns emergency order to buy radiology provider placed in crisis due to Change cyberattack

The nation’s largest healthcare corporation recently made an offer for the Corvallis Clinic, which has 11 locations across Oregon's Willamette Valley. 

March 15, 2024

Many physicians view private equity involvement in healthcare negatively, survey finds

MDs also carry concerns about PE as it pertains to provider well-being, healthcare prices, and equity, experts wrote in JAMA.  

March 13, 2024
DirectMed Imaging

Private equity backed DirectMed Imaging acquires another competitor

The parts and service provider is buying Houston-based Titanium Medical Imaging, which has “vast” expertise in Canon/Toshiba systems. 

March 13, 2024
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Imaging firm finally executes merger following lawsuit and months of delays

Investment firm GigCapital Global announced the finalization of its acquisition of QT Imaging on March 4. 

March 8, 2024
GE has completed the spinoff of its healthcare business, and GE HealthCare began trading as its own entity on the Nasdaq Jan. 4. Stock Market

RadNet announces plan to raise $200M through another public stock offering

Proceeds from the share sale will go toward potential future acquisitions and other “general corporate purposes,” the imaging group said Thursday. 

March 8, 2024

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Using CT to perform coronary artery calcium scoring on symptomatic chest pain patients can deliver significant value, according to a new data published in Radiology

Peninsula Imaging told Mary Raver in 2014 that a cancerous growth was benign. She now has 18 months to live.

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