Friday, October 21, 2022: M&A

The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a second request for information to CVS Health Corp. regarding its $8 billion acquisition of home health services provider Signify Health Inc. The request gives the DOJ an additional 30 days to examine the merger, which CVS...

Friday, October 14, 2022: M&A

Kaufman Hall’s quarterly hospital mergers and acquisitions report showed that there were only 10 transactions announced in Q3. Of those, two hospitals were acquired by for-profit health systems, four were acquired by an academic institution or university, three were...

Wednesday, October 12, 2022: M&A

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 45 percent stake in CareCentrix. WBA initially announced a $330 million investment in CareCentrix in October of 2021. At the time of the deal, WBA gained a 55...

Tuesday, October 4, 2022: M&A

Investment firm Francisco Partners signed a definitive agreement to acquire software provider bswift from CVS Health. Since its founding in 1996, bswift has helped partners and employers streamline administration, handle employee benefits, decrease administrative...

Tuesday, October 4, 2022: M&A

UnitedHealth Group Inc. said it officially completed its roughly $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. The announcement comes two weeks after a federal judge rejected the Department of Justice’s challenge that the merger violated antitrust laws....

Monday, October 3, 2022: M&A

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) has accumulated too much power in some markets via acquisitions. USAP was founded in 2012 by the private-equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and currently has 4,500...