Kindred Healthcare steps up hostile pursuit of Gentiva
Kindred Healthcare Inc raised its hostile bid for a stake in Gentiva Health Services Inc, stepping up its pursuit of the home healthcare services provided by Gentiva to an aging …
Health data platform Validic acquires Infometers to boost clinical device integrations
Durham, North Carolina-based health data platform company Validic announced this week that it had acquired its partner Mountain View, California-based Infometers for an undisclosed sum. Validic’s CEO Ryan Beckland told …
WellCare Acquires Certain Assets from Healthfirst New Jersey
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced that its New Jersey subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Medicaid assets from Healthfirst Health Plan of New Jersey, Inc. (Healthfirst NJ). The acquired assets …
Aeroflow Healthcare Expands Patient Base with Air-Care Acquisition
Southeastern-based durable medical equipment (DME) company Aeroflow Healthcare recently acquired Air-Care Home Health, Inc. of Easley, SC. Aeroflow will now be the primary oxygen supplies and service provider for Air-Care …
HME News: Acquisition gives investment firm global footprint
PBM Capital Group, a private investment firm that owns Human Design Capital (HDM), maker of the recently released Z1 Travel CPAP Machine, has acquired Breas, a Swedish maker of home …
No big changes at BCH, officials say
Officials from Community Health Systems, which owns Barstow Community Hospital, say their acquisition of Health Management Associates won’t have a significant effect on day-to-day operations at BCH. The merger joins …
Chicago firm completes purchase of BCBS of Montana
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana is now one of five Blue Cross divisions operating under the umbrella of Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., the nation’s fourth-largest health insurance …
Tenet Healthcare to buy Vanguard Health for $1.73 billion plus debt
Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp will buy smaller rival Vanguard Health Systems Inc for about $1.73 billion plus the assumption of debt to expand into new geographies. U.S. hospital stocks …