Healthcare Services Acquisitions in 2011

Receivables Management Partners, LLC (a portfolio company of LaSalle Capital Group) has acquired Statewide Credit Association, Inc., a collections and accounts receivable management firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The deal is an add-on acquisition intended to expand RMP's Midwest footprint and strengthen its healthcare-focused accounts receivable management capabilities.

OMERS Private Equity has partnered with Great Expressions' existing management to acquire GEDC Super Holdings Inc. ("Great Expressions") from affiliates of Audax Group. Great Expressions is a leading dental practice management company headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, operating 152 affiliated dental offices across seven U.S. states with roughly 1,800 clinical and support staff; OMERS said it will support continued growth, initially focusing on Florida, Georgia and Michigan.

Blackford Capital, a Grand Rapids-based private equity firm, has acquired Key Health Medical Solutions, a Westlake Village, California-based medical-legal funding and medical debt purchaser. Blackford partnered with Convergent Capital and financing from Comerica Bank to complete the buyout and plans to grow Key Health organically and via add-ons to scale its portfolio assets.