Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine has acquired CareNet Medical Group, an independent women’s health and OB-GYN practice that has served the Capital Region since 1983, according to a Sept. 9 news release. CareNet’s four physicians and one physician assistant, previously based…
Transactions + Private Equity
Private equity investors looking to exit physician practice management platforms may be able to borrow a playbook already tested in urgent care, according to a Sept. 15 blog post from VMG Health. VMG Health argues that breaking a platform into…
Roseburg, Ore.-based Umpqua Orthopedics will close for patient care Sept. 15, ending more than two decades of orthopedic service in Douglas County, The Roseburg Receiver reported Sept. 11. The practice announced the closure in a notice to patients; a reason…
Using 2025 SEC filings and insurance-subsidiary data, researchers traced how much revenue at five major insurers, covering 126 million members, comes from their own affiliated physician and clinical arms rather than the open market. Key numbers: 1. Optum Health, UnitedHealth’s…
Sanford Health’s acquisition of Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is set to close Sept. 1, after the two systems signed a 10-year oversight agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office Aug. 28 — five times longer than Sanford’s original two-year…
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Pottstown, Pa.-based Pottstown Medical Specialists, a physician-owned multispecialty group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Aug. 30 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Founded in 1978, the practice has grown from an internal medicine office into…
Mishawaka, Ind-based Franciscan Health has added six clinicians — four physicians and two nurse practitioners — from Optum’s now-closed Zionsville, Ind., primary care practice, Current Publishing reported Aug. 26. The health system said the group will practice at Franciscan Physician…
More than half of active U.S. physicians worked for hospital systems as of 2024, up from 20% in 2010, and hospital systems have acquired more than 20,000 physician practices since 2015, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network…
Dealmaking across healthcare services cooled further in the second quarter of 2026, with physician practice groups taking the brunt of the slowdown while ASCs held up better, according to a new report from PitchBook. The organization’s “Q2 2026 Healthcare Services…
Physician practice dealmaking has kept a fast pace through the first half of 2026. Becker’s tracked 15 physician practice acquisitions in the first three weeks of January alone, and that tally grew to 33 deals by the end of the…