PwC: Cautious Optimism, Apprehension To Follow Nursing Home Dealmaking into 2024

Dealmaking in 2024 comes with cautious optimism and some apprehension from industry leaders in health care, including those in the nursing home space, as deal volume continues to be buffeted by macroeconomic headwinds.  In line with the skilled nursing space, overall health services deal volumes through Nov. 15 have declined 13% compared to 2022 levels, […]

Acquisition Market Continues to be on Fire for Nursing Homes

Despite low occupancy rates and uncertainty around federal funding, experts say the market for nursing homes has not slowed, as buyers want to get in on the frenzy and are willing to pay near stabilized rates to do so. Some, like Symphony Care Network, with a portfolio that totals more than 30 properties throughout Illinois, […]

Long-Term Care Leads Health Services Dealmaking, Despite Slightly Depressed Value

The overall market for health services assets shows no signs of slowing, as investors continue to aggressively seek deals. The long-term care dealmaking landscape, in particular, remains robust, though transaction volume is down slightly compared to recent stretches. “We expect deal activity to remain strong, building on the resurgence that began in June 2020,” John […]

After Long-Term Care Drove Health M&A Growth in 2019, Investors See Deals as Key 2020 Survival Strategy

Despite the seemingly constant headwinds swirling around the post-acute and long-term care space, the sector again helped to drive overall health care deal volume in 2019 — and with more uncertainty ahead for the year, investors could turn to even more acquisitions as a way to weather the storm. Long-term care transactions came in third […]

Bloomberg: Long-Term Care Dominates Health Care M&A in February

Long-term care deals dominated the health care mergers-and-acquisitions landscape in February, clocking in at 32 transactions, according to a Friday report from Bloomberg Law’s transactions advisory board. That number is double the next-closest sector, health care information technology and software, which racked up 16 deals for the month, according to the list compiled for Bloomberg […]

PwC: Private Equity Will Pick Up Non-Core Assets, Drive Innovation in 2019

National health care operators would be wise to consider selling non-core assets to expansion-minded private equity firms in 2019, according to a recent report from Big Four audit and accounting company PwC — while also looking to the investors as partners for growth and innovation. “For years, private equity firms have invested in health care, […]