The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care, medical transportation, and assisted living companies, announced today that a subsidiary of Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc., Ensign's home health and hospice portfolio subsidiary, acquired the assets of Excell Home Care and Hospice and
In an interview with MarketWatch, President Dexter Braff gave insight regarding the potential merger between CVS and Aetna. Consumers may see lower costs for prescription drugs whether it's directly through an Aetna/CVS plan or from other insurers being forced to lower their prices from the merger. “The cost for consumers is going to be negligible. In
President Dexter Braff recently spoke on a panel at the HIMSS Big Data and Analytics Forum. One of the main topics discussed by panelists was that buyers are looking for smaller pieces to build a larger puzzle when it comes to Digital Health. “Health IT sits at the crossroads, at the very center of
In a recent interview with Axial, President Dexter President gave tips on how to manage a pipeline if you're working in sales, specifically for advisors. From building a robust pipeline to maintaining professional relationships through traditional and technical media, click below to learn more. “It’s very easy for firms to suffer through cycles of feast
Civitas Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: CIVI) recently announced it successfully completed the acquisition of Habilitative Services, Inc. and two related companies (“HSI”), providers of services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the state of Minnesota. In August, Civitas announced it had reached an agreement to acquire HSI, subject to closing conditions and the
Visit our Team at Booth 316 As investment capital pours into the space and providers seek to develop and integrate the technologies necessary to better align incentives in an extraordinarily complex health care delivery system, HIT is poised for a long and vibrant period of mergers and acquisitions. Health 2.0’s 11th Annual
With health care reform creating more covered beneficiaries (many of whom do not have a primary care physician), a shortage of physicians and advance practice providers, and an emerging financial incentive to keep patients out of the ER, urgent care is fast becoming a key component in the health care delivery system. What makes the
After many years of consolidation, home health and hospice are in the midst of a surge in acquisition demand. Buyers are seeking to build diversified post-acute continuums that address emerging alternative pay models. But what does this mean for you?
Since the beginning of this year, there are only seven announced transactions in the specialty pharmacy sector. For an industry that is predicted to continue to grow, what gives with the recent slowdown? The Braff Group provided insight to Drug Channels regarding recent trends and explains what we think is happening in the sector. Click
A New Holy Trinity in Health Care M&A is Re-Writing the Doctrine of Consolidation Just when you thought you had this whole health care M&A thing figured out, a new holy trinity in health care M&A is re-writing the doctrine of consolidation. The old “buy, bolt-on, and bail” strategy is rapidly being replaced by “land, link,
