Insights on Issues & Trends that Impact Investments in Healthcare & Life Science Businesses
Geoff Cockrell and I recently co-authored an article on private equity investments in the dialysis sector in Law360 (a LexisNexis legal publication). A copy of the article is attached here.
One of the featured dialysis companies with private equity…
Continue Reading Private Equity Interest in the Dialysis Sector Continues to Thrive
We’ve discussed in prior posts the multiple waves of heavy dialysis industry consolidation, but another fascinating aspect of the industry’s expansion is through the largest providers’ (LDOs’) expansion into dialysis-related services and even into treatment of patients with no renal…
As we round out our series on private equity investing in dialysis, we note an emergence in overseas dialysis investing by U.S. investors. Our blog typically focuses on U.S. investing but can’t help but note the interest in overseas…
Continue Reading Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector – Part III (Overseas Investing)
Part II of our series on private equity investing in dialysis discusses other dialysis companies backed by private equity and highlights some key considerations for investors and companies.
Funded in 2000, U.S. Renal Care (USRC), is another dialysis company…
Continue Reading Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector – Part II
Private equity investors have been active in the dialysis sector for decades. In Part I of this series on dialysis investments, we describe the recent emergence of three companies with private equity backing.
First, in 2010 Bain Capital …
Continue Reading Private Equity Investing in the Dialysis Sector – Part I
We have discussed in several prior posts the conversion to the Medicare bundled payment system for dialysis facilities which began January 1, 2011. Dialysis facilities had the option of either opting in fully to the new system starting this year or…
Continue Reading Two Key Updates in the Dialysis Bundled Payment System
U. S. dialysis providers are completing their final analyses this week as the November 1st deadline to fully opt in to the new Medicare bundling reimbursement methodology approaches. Pursuant to the new bundling rule released on July 23, 2010, providers who…
On July 23rd, at the same time that it released the final rule relating to the new bundled payment methodology for renal dialysis providers, CMS issued a proposed rule that would create a new Quality Incentive Program (QIP) …
Yesterday, CMS issued a release regarding the much anticipated final rule laying out the new bundled prospective payment system (PPS) for renal dialysis facilities. The rule itself was published on July 23, 2010. Under the new PPS, CMS will make a single bundled …
Continue Reading CMS Issues Long Awaited Bundling Rule for Renal Dialysis Providers
On Wednesday, March 12th, McGuireWoods hosted our 8th Annual Business & Legal Issues in Dialysis & Nephrology Symposium. Leaders from various perspectives in the industry provided presentations and lead discussions on a wide array of topics, including the …
Continue Reading Key Issues re Investment in the Dialysis Industry
