Take-Private Transactions

26 February 2010

The end of 2009 brought a few company announcements that were particularly relevant to the investment community. Noteworthy among them were the sales of enterprise vendor QuadraMed and radiology systems…

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Ask the Chair: What is this J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference I keep hearing about?

8 January 2010

“All these HCIT companies have been issuing press releases lately informing us that they are going to present at the 28th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. What is that and…

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The IPO Market Returns

16 November 2009

As I write this post, the IPO market continues to rock and roll. As some confidence returns, investors look for new places to put money, and perhaps dress their year-end…

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Initial Public Offerings, Part 2

19 October 2009

The IPO market for HCIT continues to show some signs of life, or at least hoped-for life, as Accretive Health filed its IPO Prospectus (known as Form S1) with the…

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Initial Public Offerings — How and Why?

14 September 2009

With the recent stock market recovery, companies are once again going public (or, as they say on the Street, “the IPO window is open”). Emdeon returned to the public market…

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How Do Equity Analysts Cover Companies?

17 August 2009

I began my Street career on a crisp autumn day as a sell-side stock analyst (well, I was an associate analyst first) covering healthcare IT companies, most of which seem…

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Consolidation Alters the Mix

13 February 2006

Although Healthcare Informatics reviewed merger and acquisition activity last year as part of its annual June 100 issue, the accelerated pace and scale of consolidation warrants an update on how…

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M&A in Healthcare IT

13 June 2004

While still considerably down from its high several years go, the number of merger and acquisition transactions grew in 2003 and by all appearances is likely to continue to do…

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