Where Does Healthcare Fit in The New Normal?
It seems lately like every new deal announcement that comes across the wire somehow involves a healthcare company. Perhaps it is just one out of every ten transactions that actually does involve a healthcare industry business; nevertheless, I cannot get over the fact that there just seems to be an influx in activity within this segment of the markets lately. Just within the past month, we’ve practically seen every kind of possible transaction that we can imagine involving medical companies, from buyouts of UK-based home health companies to HCA’s $1.75 billion special dividend, for which it received a significant amount of criticism from the financial media. And it seems like everyone is trying to get a seat on the healthcare value train, including Richard Branson’s Virgin Media and The Kroger Company, both of which have announced recent deals acquiring healthcare services companies.
