Gentiva Health Services Inc. announced Thursday, September 19 that it will buy the home health, hospice and community care businesses of privately held Harden Healthcare Services for about $409 million. The deal will be complete as soon as Harden finalizes creation of a new corporate entity to continue to own and manage its Texas […]
What do these home healthcare and home medical equipment software companies have in common? Hann’s On Software Healthcare Automation CareCentric Mestamed Fastrack Each one offers either Home Medical Equipment or Home IV Therapy software or both. Some also have small, relatively unknown Home Healthcare EMR applications. Over the last three years, each has been […]
Allscripts acquires dbMotion and Jardogs. Reinventing itself after a change in leadership earlier this year (CEO Tullman Loses Final Battle for Control of Allscripts, Resigns – HCTR, 12/19/12), Allscripts announced during this week’s HIMSS Annual Meeting in New Orleans that it has acquired data integration vendor dbMotion and patient engagement software firm Jardogs. The […]
Based on a story from Reuters, the Chicago Tribune is predicting that Blackstone Group LP is the likely winner of what it calls an auction to become the primary investor to take Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. from a public to a private company. Forward movement on any such deal, however, has been stalled, Blackstone […]
According to Health Data Management, Allscripts is actively entertaining offers from private-equity firms for a leveraged buyout to take the healthcare IT company private. The Chicago-based hospital, physician practice and home healthcare software developer’s unexpected move followed two recent negative events–strife within the Board of Directors and failure to win a $302 million contract. Details […]
After a four-year partnership, The Riverside Company has sold HEALTHCAREfirst to Pamlico Capital. Known as an operations-focused buyout house, Riverside is a private equity firm that had already exited from nine other companies during 2012.
Last week we reported that longtime home care and home medical equipment software vendor CareCentric had been acquired by Mediware. Knowing many readers are likely to be unfamiliar with both names, we spoke with division leader Ken Pereira to gather additional insights into the meaning of the acquisition.
One of the oldest home care software companies — and clearly the one with the most complicated and interesting history — is now a part of the growing Mediware Information Systems empire, which already included Healthcare Automation Inc., Advantage Reimbursement Inc. and Hann’s On Software.
