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Recently released Q4 2024 Health IT, Digital Health, and RCM Quarterly Update - M&A Activity, Advancements in AI and the Partnership Model - Several Take Privates including R1 RCM, NeueHealth, Accolade, Inc. - IPOs on the Horizon for 2025? - J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Highlights - Tracking 300+ Private Equity Platforms in the RCM space - Private Equity Investments including selected Top Transactions - Healthcare Digital Health, HCIT, RCM Valuation Trends - LECO Index jumped 19.5% for the quarter but flat for the fiscal 2024 Read this Newsletter and more - https://lnkd.in/gSm8kM-5 Register for all the latest news and investments or innovations https://lnkd.in/gTPKpEgP #healthit #RCM #revenuecycle #digitalhealth #JPM2025 #JPM25 #dealmaking #privateequity #healthcareinnovation #healthcarecapitalmarkets #healthcarevc #healthcareai

Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending January 21,2025: · BrightSpring Health Services (NAS: BTSG) to Divest Community Living Business to Sevita, Aeterna Capital Partners, Ascension Ventures, Centerbridge Partners, L.P., Duchossois Capital Management & Equity Investment Group, Inc. · Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to Acquire Intra-Cellular Therapies · Health Catalyst (NAS: HCAT) to Acquire Upfront Healthcare · Optum, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), Expands with FlexCare Infusion Centers · WindRose Health Investors Backs CIVIE · U.S. Legal Support Acquires American Retrieval Company, The Carlyle Group & Abry Partners · West Physics Acquires MID SOUTH MEDICAL PHYSICS PA, LNC Partners · Vesey Street Capital Partners Acquires ComplexCare Solutions from Inovalon · Suvoda and Greenphire to Merge, via Thoma Bravo · Leavitt Equity Partners Leads Investment in Pediatrics Plus, Joining Forces with Fulcrum Equity Partners and Western Governors University · St. Croix Hospice (H.I.G. Capital) to Acquire Mayo Clinic Health System's Hospice Operations · Choice Health at Home Acquires Family Tree Private Care via Trive Capital and Coltala Holdings · SightMD Acquires Dalal Doctor & Associates, via Duchossois Capital Management and Chicago Pacific Founders · EisnerAmper Expands with HDA Accounting Group · Yale New Haven Health to Acquire Nelson Ambulance · WM Partners, LP' Portfolio Company Allergy Research Group Acquires Metabolic Maintenance · KT Tape Acquired by Bridges Consumer Healthcare, Backed by Charlesbank Capital Partners · CareTrust REIT (NYS: CTRE) Expands with13 Skilled Nursing Venture and Other News · Aerin Medical Secures $32.5 Million Led by KCK Group, OrbiMed, Ally Bridge Group and Questa Capital · Caidya Secures $165M from Rubicon Founders · Teal Health Secures $10M led by Emerson Collective and Forerunner · MultiCare Invests in Layer Health Read More: https://lnkd.in/gxQWiGH7 Healthcare Capital Markets & Innovation Summit LLC (HCMIS) 2025 Announces Early Bird Registration: The Summit is set to take place on May 28-29, 2025, in The Smart Healthcare City - Columbus, Ohio. Early bird registration is now open at $495, offering healthcare industry leaders, investors, and innovators a platform to discuss the latest investment trends & partnership opportunities in the healthcare sector. Visit - https://lnkd.in/ekNniczY Research Read our Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news & all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.

Specialty News: 43rd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2025 kicks off in San Francisco and so does numerous healthcare Monday Deals and Updates: · Health Catalyst (NAS:HCAT) to Acquire Upfront Healthcare Services, Boosting Patient Engagement Capabilities · NVIDIA (NAS:NVDA) and Mayo Clinic Forge Groundbreaking Partnership to Revolutionize Digital Pathology and Advance AI in Healthcare · Intermountain Health to Build $1 Billion Children's Hospital in Las Vegas, Addressing Critical Healthcare Gap · Waystar Unveils AI-Powered Tool to Tackle Healthcare Claim Denials, Boosting Revenue Recovery · Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) Launches AI Prior Authorization Working Group · FusionCare AI Launches Revolutionary "Obesity Care in a Box" Platform at Future and Health Executive Summit · Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Acquires Intra-Cellular Therapies for $14.6 Billion, Boosting CNS Portfolio · Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) Acquires Scorpion Therapeutics' PI3Kα Pipeline for $2.5 Billion, Boosting Breast Cancer Drug Development · Gilead Sciences (NAS: GILD) and LEO Pharma Ink $1.7 Billion Deal to Develop Oral STAT6 Inhibitors for Inflammatory Diseases · GSK (LON: GSK) Acquires IDRx for $1.15bn, Bolstering Oncology Portfolio with Promising GIST Treatment · AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Simcere Zaiming Strike $1 Billion+ Deal for Multiple Myeloma Drug Candidate · Rappta Therapeutics and SpringWorks Therapeutics Forge $13 Million Deal for Novel Cancer Drug RPT04402 · Synthego Corporation and AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) Forge Landmark CRISPR Licensing Deal, Revolutionizing Gene Therapy Development · Helix and Komodo Health Partner to Enhance Clinico-Genomic Research Our healthcare deal team is in San Francisco this year if you want to meet and discuss your strategic capital options. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com Research Read our Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news & all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology. #JPM2025 #JPM25 #healthcareinnovation #healthcareVC #HealthcarePE

Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending January 13,2025: · JPM Healthcare Conference has begun on Jan 13 in San Francisco CA. Our healthcare deal team will be attending this year. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com 614-448-1304 · Amwell (NYSE: AMWL) Sells Psychiatric Care Business to Avel eCare · Transcarent, General Catalyst & Merck Group,to Acquire Accolade, Inc. (NAS:ACCD) · MDaudit Secures Investment from Bregal Sagemount & Primus Capital Funds (Primus Capital) · Renovaro Biosciences Inc.(NAS: RENB) to Acquire Predictive Oncology (NAS: POAI) · New Mountain Capital Acquires Machinify · Bluesight Acquires Protenus, via Thoma Bravo · Waud Capital Partners Acquires Mopec · Allergy & Asthma Associates of Michigan Partners with Parallel ENT & Allergy via Trinity Hunt Partners · Prime Healthcare to Acquire Central Maine Healthcare, · ONRAD Acquires Direct Radiology, via Housatonic Partners · Renovus Capital Partners Announces Partnership with Superior Health Holdings · Empower Community Care, Northlane Capital Partners, Acquires BFST Institute · Private Equity Firm Ascend Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SPG Therapy & Education · Vivo Infusion® Expands with Acquisition of Neurology Institute of San Antonio & Vista Infusions via InTandem Capital Partners · Branford Castle Partners, L.P. Acquires Eastern Dental Management · HouseWorks Expands with Acquisition of O'Connell Care at Home & Best Home Care via BPEA & InTandem Capital Partners, · Georgia Healthcare Firms Regional Health Properties, Inc. (ASE: RHE) & SunLink Health Systems (ASE: SSY) Announce Merger Venture Capital and Other News · Frontier Direct Care Secures $20M Led by Mehshah Capital · Grove AI Secures $4.9M Seed Led by A* with Afore Capital, LifeX Ventures, & Pear VC Funding · Hippocratic AI Secures $141M Series B Led by Kleiner Perkins Read More: https://lnkd.in/g_-eD_jQ Healthcare Capital Markets & Innovation Summit LLC (HCMIS) 2025 Announces Early Bird Registration: The Summit is set to take place on May 28-29, 2025, in The Smart Healthcare City - Columbus, Ohio. Early bird registration is now open at $495, offering healthcare industry leaders, investors, and innovators a platform to discuss the latest investment trends & partnership opportunities in the healthcare sector. Visit - https://lnkd.in/ekNniczY Research Read our Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news & all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.

Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending January 06,2025: · New Enterprise Associates (NEA) to Acquire NeueHealth (NYSE: NEUE) for $1.3 B · CareSource and Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative Finalize Affiliation · Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) Finalizes Acquisition of Indiana University Health · Confluence Healthcare Partners, LLC & Skyline Investors Form MSO with TIMOTHY D. GROTH MD PC · Knight Dermatology a Forefront Dermatology Practice Partners with Forefront Dermatology via Partners Group and OMERS Private Equity · Oceans Healthcare Expands Reach with Acquisition of Haven Behavioral Healthcare, via HLM Investment Partners , Horowitz Group, ROCA Partners, Valspring Capital & Webster Equity Partners · Havencrest Capital Management Expands Avid Health at Home Platform with Acquisition of Sandhills Home Care · Ensign Services Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) Expands Operations with Acquisition of Nine Skilled Nursing Facilities in TN and AL, Six of the operations will be jointly owned with CareTrust REIT (NYSE: CTRE) under a long-term lease, while three will be purchased by Ensign’s real estate subsidiary · Cencora (NYSE: COR) Completes $4.4 Billion Acquisition of Retina Consultants of America, a Webster Equity Partners Portfolio Company Since Forming in Jan 2020. · Ardent Health (NYSE: ARDT) Expands Urgent Care Network with Acquisition of 18 Clinics from NextCare Urgent Care · Masonicare, Expands Reach with Acquisition of Atria Greenridge Place & Merger with United Methodist Homes · HOPE Therapeutics, a Subsidiary of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NAS:NRXP) to Acquire Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute Read all of this week's news: https://lnkd.in/gNs3i56g JPM Healthcare Conference Jan 13-16th 2025 in San Francisco CA. Members of the Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC healthcare deal team will be attending this year. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com 614-448-1304 Healthcare Capital Markets & Innovation Summit LLC (HCMIS) 2025 Announces Early Bird Registration: The Summit is set to take place on May 28-29, 2025, in The Smart Healthcare City - Columbus, Ohio. Early bird registration is now open at $495, offering healthcare industry leaders, investors, and innovators a platform to discuss the latest investment trends and partnership opportunities in the healthcare sector. Visit - https://lnkd.in/ekNniczY Research Read our recently released Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news and all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.

🎉 Happy New Year 2025! 🎉 As we step into the new year, we at Lawrence, Evans & Co LLC want to thank you for your support and trust in mergers and acquisitions or complex financing needs. Here's to another year of innovation, growth, and success together! Let's make 2025 the best year yet. #HappyNewYear2025 #HealthcareInnovation #ThankYou

Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending December 27th, 2024: · Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Joins Goldman Sachs as Co-Lead Investor in Omega Healthcare Management Services, Boosting Tech-Enabled Healthcare Solutions · Avel eCare Acquires Hospital Pharmacy Management, LLC, Expanding Telemedicine Footprint via its financial sponsor Aquiline · Reliance Industries Limited Digital Health Acquires 45% Stake in US Health Tech Firm, Health Alliance Group Inc. (HAGI), for $10 Million, Boosting Virtual Healthcare Access · Versant Diagnostics, Iron Path Capital, Expands Network, Affiliates with Avero Diagnostics in Strategic Pacific Northwest Move · SALT Dental Partners Collective Expands Portfolio with 58th Partnership with Smile Valley Pediatric Dentistry, Attracting Investor Attention in Pediatric Dentistry Sector via Latticework Capital Management, LLC and Resolute Capital Partners · Strawberry Fields REIT (NYSE: STRW) Expands Portfolio with $24M Acquisition of Six Kansas Healthcare Facilities, Boosting Annual Rents by $2.4M Venture and Other Healthcare News: · Rapha Capital Management, LLC Leads $14M Series A-4 Funding for FIZE Medical , Joined by Valitas Ventures Capital and eHealthVentures · Vitalic Health Launches Geriatric Mental Health Platform with $4M Seed Funding from Redesign Health and VNS Health · IA Ventures Leads $7M Seed Funding for Portal Biotechnologies · Bluenote Secures $10M in Funding for AI-Powered Life Sciences Platform, Backed by Lux Capital including Elad Gil, Anthropic, and McKesson Ventures. · Royal Health Inc Secures Minority Investment from HealthQuest Capital, Boosting Valuation and Expansion Plans Read all of this week's news by Clicking Here: https://lnkd.in/gxwYX-cK JPM Healthcare Conference Jan 13-16th 2025 in San Francisco CA. Members of the Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC healthcare deal team will be attending this year. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com 614-448-1304 Healthcare Capital Markets & Innovation Summit LLC (HCMIS) 2025 Announces Early Bird Registration: The Summit is set to take place on May 28-29, 2025, in The Smart Healthcare City - Columbus, Ohio. Early bird registration is now open at $495, offering healthcare industry leaders, investors, and innovators a platform to discuss the latest investment trends and partnership opportunities in the healthcare sector. Visit - https://lnkd.in/ekNniczY Research Read our recently released Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news and all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.

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Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending December 20th, 2024: · Apollo Care Secures Major Investment from Flexpoint Ford · Nymbl Systems Secures Strategic Investment from Frontier Growth · Commure Acquires Memora Health to Enhance AI-Powered Healthcare Solutions · Aspirion Acquires Boost Healthcare via Varsity Healthcare Partners and Linden Capital Partners · SailPoint Acquires Imprivata's IGA Business via Thoma Bravo · MGA Homecare Acquires Ward Road Pharmacy to Expand Comprehensive Home-Based Healthcare Services via Flexpoint Ford · Everise, via Brookfield and Warburg Pincus LLC, Expands with Acquisition of Continuum Global Solutions' Verticals · StatLab Medical Products Expands with Acquisition of Spanish Histology Equipment Manufacturer Especialidades Médicas Myr · Solaris Health Holdings Expands Urology Network with Associated Urologists of North Carolina Acquisition via Lee Equity Partners, LLC · West Monroe Acquires Inspired Insight via Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC · Solis Mammography Acquires Avestēe Women's Imaging Centers via Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Ares Management Corporation · ENSIGN GROUP INC (Nasdaq: ENSG) Expands Healthcare Portfolio with Acquisition of Eight Facilities from Providence Health · Avenues Home Care Expands with Acquisition of Clear Path Home Care, via Capital Alignment Partners Venture and Other News: · Anatomy Financial Secures $19M Series A Funding led by Canapi Ventures to Revolutionize Healthcare Billing with AI-Powered Lockbox · Culina Health Secures $7.9 Million in Series A Funding, Revolutionizing Digital Nutrition Care Led by Healthworx · Scripta Insights Secures $17M Series B Funding to Revolutionize Prescription Drug Shopping led by Aquiline · Confido Health Raises $3 Million to Revolutionize Healthcare Operations with AI Digital Workers · Bluenote Secures $10M in Funding to Revolutionize Life Sciences Workflows with Generative AI led by Lux Capital Read all of this week's news by Clicking Here: https://lnkd.in/gDrUJumY JPM Healthcare Conference Jan 13-16th 2025 in San Francisco CA. Members of the Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC healthcare deal team will be attending this year. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com 614-448-1304 Research Read our recently released Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news and all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.

Healthcare Deals and News for Week ending December 13, 2024: · Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDCO) to Go Private in $4.1 Billion Deal with Patient Square Capital · Amulet Capital Partners, LP Acquires Theoria Medical · Carta Healthcare Acquires Realyze Intelligence · Crown Laboratories, Inc. and Revance Therapeutics Amend Merger Agreement; Crown to Acquire Revance (NASDAQ: RVNC) · SpinSci Technologies LLC Secures $53M Investment from Aldrich Capital Partners · Aceess PT, Confluent Health, Expands Reach with Acquisition of PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATES OF SCHENECTADY, P.C · Morgan Stanley Capital Partners to Acquire Prescott's, Inc · Greenlight Health Data Solutions, Inc. and Pattern Health Merged · Dynamic Infusion, Backed by RiverGlade Capital, Acquired Solution Nursing · Principle Health Systems Acquires Telos PGX · Proven Behavior Solutions, LLC, via Health Enterprise Partners, Acquires Prism Autism Education & Consultation · Nationwide Medical, Inc. Partners with Heritage Group for Growth · Espire Dental, via Ironwood Capital and Rallyday Partners, Expands into Washington State with Acquisitions of Tranquility Dental Wellness, and Sauvage Dentistry · Kristopher Stice, Capital Eleven, and Willowbridge Group Facility Acquired DOCTOR'S HOSPICE OF IDAHO LLC Idaho · Valsoft Corporation, via Coatue Management and Viking Global Investors, Acquires Exeevo · Community Health Systems to Sell Lake Norman Regional Medical Center to Duke Health · CareTrust REIT Expands Portfolio with $97 Million Midwest Acquisition and Progresses on $245 Million Tennessee Deal Venture and Other Healthcare · Wanda Health Secures £1M Funding led by EMV Capital plc · MiSalud Health Appoints New CEO, Secures $8M Funding · Anise Health Secures $3M Seed Funding · Sollis Health Secures $33M Series B Funding led by Foresite Capital · Oregon Startup Special Touch Nursing Services Expands into AI-Driven Elder Care Management After $1.3M Seed Funding · Evidently Secures $15M Series A Funding to Revolutionize Healthcare AI Read all of this week's news by Clicking Here: https://lnkd.in/g8JYtXaT JPM Healthcare Conference Jan 13-16th 2025 in San Francisco CA. Members of the Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC healthcare deal team will be attending this year. Contact us today to schedule a meeting if you are in the city. info@lawrenceevans.com 614-448-1304 Research Read our recently released Healthcare Venture Studio Industry Report: https://lnkd.in/g2CfZrjr Register for weekly news and all industry reports - https://lnkd.in/gmsTiwn7 Lawrence, Evans & Co., LLC (LECO) is a leading national healthcare financial advisory firm. We specialize in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring for lower middle market private companies, delivering strategic solutions to maximize value and drive long-term growth across healthcare, technology, business services, and real estate.