Complimentary Webinar Post-Acute Care Investments: Key Business, Deal Structure & Diligence Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (ET) | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CT) | 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (PT) Please join us for the second in a series of informative webinars where we will delve into investing in different healthcare [...]
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Key Issues Affecting Loan Closing Costs
Posted by Bart Walker in May 11th, 2009
Posted in: ASC's, Articles, ESRD/Dialysis, Finance and Private Equity, Hospitals and Health Systems, News, Physicians, Providers Tags: ASC's, Finance and Private Equity, lending, loan, surgery center
I recently gave an interview to Becker’s ASC Review about a few current trends in lending that are affecting many healthcare borrowers. The article focuses on ASCs but many of the principles are common to other types of healthcare borrowers. You can find a copy of the article here. document.getElementById(“post-721-blankimage”).onload();
Disease Charities: the New Venture Capitalists
Posted by Lainey Gilmer in February 17th, 2009
Disease charities such as Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CHDI Foundation and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, in an effort to increase the rate at which new drugs and disease treatments are developed, approved and available to patients, have entered the world of venture capital. A successful $76 million partnership between Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Vertex Pharmaceuticals [...]
Buying and Selling Medical Facilities
Posted by Bart Walker in May 20th, 2008
We are regularly approached by companies and individuals looking to buy or sell surgery centers, hospitals, dialysis centers, billing companies, management companies, device and pharmaceutical manufacturers and a whole host of other related healthcare businesses. These transactions range in size from very small single-OR ASCs to chains of dialysis facilities and large hospitals. If you [...]
6th Annual Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference
Posted by Bart Walker in May 16th, 2008
The 6th Annual Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference will be held June 19-21 at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago. At the event, I will be speaking on a panel titled “Financing and Recapitalizations for ASCs and Specialty Hospitals”. I will be speaking with Ken Seip of Citicapital, Anthony Mai of CIT, [...]
Auction Rate Bond Crisis for Hospitals
Posted by Bart Walker in May 10th, 2008
Posted in: Finance and Private Equity, Hospitals and Health Systems, News Tags: Bart Walker, bond, Finance and Private Equity, hospital
Recent capital markets turmoil has set off a chain reaction across a whole spectrum of industries – not the least of which is healthcare. Over the last couple of months the “credit crunch” has resulted in a full-blown crisis for many tax-exempt bond issuers. Very simplistically here is the formula that has led to massive [...]
Past Articles
Posted by Bart Walker in January 16th, 2008
If you would like a copy of any of the articles below, please contact Bart Walker at 704-373-8923 or bwalker@mcguirewoods.com. Provider-Based Status “Hospitals and Health Systems: Provider-Based Status: The Rules and Common Issues” (co-authored with Elissa Moore), Health Care Law Monthly, April 2008 Establishing an ASC “Establishing an Ambulatory Surgery Center – A Primer [...]
