Quick Hits: Distribution Titans Enter Specialty Physician Practice Management Arena

About this episode

The episode discusses the trend of large healthcare distributors acquiring specialty provider organizations as traditional buyers scale back.

Cain Brothers’ Director Jonah Schutzman talks with Dave Johnson about a new trend in the provider consolidation market. Private equity, payers, and other traditional buyers and partners of specialty provider organizations are scaling back and large healthcare distributors are stepping in as full acquirers, offering liquidity, strategic partnerships, and operating infrastructure. How will this impact providers, distributors, and traditional investors? Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

People in this episode

Guest: Dave Johnson

Topics covered

• provider consolidation
• private equity
• healthcare distribution
• specialty physician practice management

Keywords

• acquisition
• liquidity
• strategic partnerships
• operating infrastructure

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