Category: Mergers and acquisitions, Finance

Cencora expanding services with $4.6B Retina acquisition

Drug distributor Cencora has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Retina Consultants of America, a management services organization (MSO) of retina specialists, from Webster Equity Partners for about $4.6 billion in cash.

Elevance planning CareBridge acquisition estimated at $2.7 billion

Elevance Health announced plans to acquire home health company CareBridge during its most recent earnings call, with Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux saying it will serve as the foundation for subsidiary Carelon’s home health business.
“We’re excited…

FTC makes updates to pre-merger policies

The Federal Trade Commission has made changes to a rule meant to improve its ability to detect illegal mergers and acquisitions before they happen, by requiring healthcare companies to provide more information to regulators.

Elevance to acquire Indiana University Health Plans

Elevance Health has entered into an agreement to acquire Indiana University Health Plans, a managed care organization created by Indiana University Health.
After the acquisition closes, IU Health Plans will operate as part of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue…

State AGs greenlight Northwell, Nuvance merger

Attorneys general from Connecticut and New York have given their blessing to a 28-hospital merger proposed by Northwell Health and Nuvance Health that would establish a roughly $18 billion integrated health system.

UnitedHealth considering purchase of Surgery Partners

UnitedHealth Group is one of several potential buyers of Surgery Partners, an operator of ambulatory surgical centers, and negotiations on a potential deal are still in the nascent phase, Bloomberg reported.