Healthcare Services Acquisitions in Kansas

Epiphany Dermatology announced a partnership to add Resolute Dermatology, LLC — a two-location dermatology practice in the greater Kansas City area led by Dr. Daniel Christiansen — to its provider network. The deal expands Epiphany’s presence in Kansas and brings Resolute access to Epiphany’s operational support services while Epiphany benefits from the practice’s clinical expertise in medical and Mohs surgical dermatology.

MDI NetworX has acquired Cobalt MedPlans (Clarity Performance Solutions) from Cobalt Health Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. The deal brings approximately 250 U.S.-based employees and two Kansas locations into MDI, expanding its U.S. delivery footprint and enabling deployment of MDI's InsightPro AI-enabled platform to enhance payer services.

Forefront Dermatology, a portfolio company of Partners Group, has entered a strategic partnership to acquire Wichita Dermatology & Aesthetics, a two-location dermatology practice in Wichita, Kansas. Physician Growth Partners advised Wichita Dermatology & Aesthetics; the deal will expand Forefront's clinical footprint and provide WDA access to Forefront's resources while preserving the practice's physician-led culture.

Caretech, a Midwest provider of non-medical home care based in Omaha, announced the acquisition of The Smith Agency, a long-standing in-home care and adult day services provider in Central Kansas. The deal brings Caretech into Kansas, adds an Adult Day Center to its service offerings, and preserves The Smith Agency's existing team and client-focused programs.

Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE: GRDN) acquired Senior Care Pharmacy in Wichita, Kansas, expanding Guardian’s long-term care (LTC) pharmacy footprint into south central and southwest Kansas. The Wichita location will continue operating under the Senior Care Pharmacy name with local leadership and staff retained, enabling Guardian to support more assisted living, skilled nursing and behavioral health communities in the region.

Principle Health Systems (PHS) has acquired Heartland Health Laboratory, a CLIA-certified, high-complexity clinical diagnostics lab based near Kansas City. The acquisition expands PHS's mobile diagnostic footprint in the Midwest and will involve investment in Heartland's team, technology and operations; the seller is Heartland owner Elizabeth Kent.

Traverse Pointe Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has completed an investment in Soma Therapy, a Wichita, Kansas outpatient mental health provider operating six locations. Traverse Pointe said it will provide capital and operational support to expand Soma's service offerings and broaden its geographic reach; financial terms were not disclosed.

Avel eCare has acquired Hospital Pharmacy Management, Inc. (HPM) to strengthen and expand its remote pharmacy and onsite pharmacy management services. HPM — a Kansas-based provider that supports 51 hospitals across Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Texas — will join Avel's pharmacy offering to provide 24/7 medication order review, pharmacist-in-charge coverage, and other clinical pharmacy services to health systems.

Preferred Physical Therapy (part of the Advanced and Preferred Physical Therapy family within Confluent Health) has acquired Elite Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy, a therapist‑owned outpatient clinic in Leawood, Kansas. The deal expands Preferred/Advanced Physical Therapy’s footprint in Kansas and Missouri and gives Elite access to Confluent Health’s management services and clinical resources.

MedHQ has acquired Trajectory Revenue Cycle Services, a Wichita-based revenue cycle management firm founded by Derrick Idbeis, to expand MedHQ's revenue cycle capabilities and scale across physician and outpatient markets. The deal adds more than 150 team members to MedHQ's platform and names Idbeis EVP of Business Development for the combined organization.

Elara Caring has acquired Caregivers Home Health, a privately owned, 150-person home health provider based in Topeka, Kansas, expanding Elara's services into Kansas and Iowa. The deal advances Elara's strategy to broaden patient access to home-based care across additional geographies.

Princeton Medspa Partners (PMP), a PE-backed national medspa platform, has acquired Mirabile Beauty, Health & Wellness of Overland Park, Kansas. The deal is PMP’s eleventh clinic acquisition and its first following a $120 million growth financing led by BC Partners, aimed at expanding density within PMP’s footprint and entering new markets.

Toney Healthcare, a clinically-oriented consultancy and portfolio company of Centre Partners and Health Enterprise Partners, has acquired Rebellis Group, a Medicare Advantage-focused strategic advisory firm. Terms were not disclosed; the deal combines Toney's clinical operations capabilities with Rebellis' Medicare Advantage, Part D, and regulatory consulting expertise, and Rebellis will continue to operate under its brand while its co-founder Betsy Seals becomes President of Toney Healthcare.

Fluent, a dental insights and analytics company, has acquired Delegated DDS, an NCQA-accredited, tech-enabled provider credentialing firm that serves dental insurance payers and Dental Support Organizations (DSOs). The acquisition expands Fluent's credentialing capabilities and complements its prior credentialing-related acquisitions; both entities will operate independently.

WellSky, a health and community care technology company backed by Leonard Green and TPG, has acquired The Corridor Group Holdings (Corridor) from HealthEdge Investment Partners. The acquisition expands WellSky's medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) capabilities for the post-acute care market and brings Corridor's tech-enabled coding, clinical documentation review, billing and collections services into WellSky's platform.

FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, completed a growth investment and recapitalization in Johnson County Clin‑Trials (JCCT), a Lenexa, Kansas clinical research site platform specializing in Phase I–IV trials. The investment will fund JCCT's footprint expansion, patient recruitment capabilities and strategic M&A activity across the fragmented clinical research site sector; Jeanne Hecht will join JCCT's board as part of the transaction.

Coalesce Capital has completed a recapitalization of Examinetics alongside existing shareholder Freedom 3 Capital and company management. The investment will fund Examinetics' expansion into new markets and further development of its occupational health testing technologies (including its Salux auditory testing platform).

NewSpring Healthcare, the dedicated healthcare strategy of private equity firm NewSpring, led a financing round in Patheous Health, a provider of mobile and onsite dysphagia diagnostic services. The investment will fund an aggressive growth plan — including geographic expansion and strategic hires — to bring Patheous Health's mobile dysphagia platform to more skilled nursing and senior care sites.

McKesson Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) for up to $875 million (approximately $600M upfront plus up to $275M contingent consideration). The acquisition brings RxSS's prescription price-transparency and medication adherence capabilities into McKesson's Prescription Technology Solutions business to expand medication access, affordability and outcomes-management offerings for payers, employers and patients.

Pediatric Home Service (PHS), an InTandem Capital Partners portfolio company, expanded its pediatric home-care platform into Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska by bringing Craig HomeCare and Cherub Medical Supply into its unified service offering. The deals add pediatric nursing, respiratory therapy and durable medical equipment capabilities to PHS’s network to provide a coordinated home-care solution for medically complex children.

Pandion Optimization Alliance has acquired GroupSource GPO, a Midwest-focused group purchasing organization specializing in ambulatory care, physicians' offices and colleges. The acquisition adds GroupSource's 10,000+ membership base and is expected to inorganically add more than $350 million in sales volume to Pandion's portfolio, supporting Pandion's goal to exceed $1 billion in GPO volume.

PromptCare has acquired ARJ Infusion Services, LLC, a regional infusion provider headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas that operates four pharmacies, multiple nursing facility relationships and five infusion suites. The acquisition expands PromptCare's specialty pharmacy, nursing and infusion capabilities and increases patient access to infusion therapies as part of PromptCare's national footprint.

PayrHealth, an Osceola Capital Management portfolio company, has acquired SilverCreek RCM, a Pittsburg, Kansas-based full-service revenue cycle management provider. SilverCreek founder Rebecca Light will join PayrHealth as President of Revenue Cycle Management to lead the combined RCM division; the deal strengthens PayrHealth's RCM capabilities and establishes a platform for further tuck-in acquisitions.

Gen4 Dental Partners, a doctor-centric Dental Service Organization (DSO) based in Tempe, Arizona, has acquired Accelerate Dental, a multi-practice dental platform led by Dr. Marvin Heinbach with locations throughout Kansas. The deal brings Accelerate's clinical leadership into Gen4's platform to expand Gen4's footprint and provide Accelerate's teams with Gen4's operational, clinical, HR and financial support.

Discovery Behavioral Health has acquired Awakenings KC Clinical Neuroscience Institute in Prairie Village, Kansas. The clinic — led by Dr. Maria Cristina Davila and offering outpatient behavioral-health services including TMS and ketamine infusion therapy — will join Discovery’s nationwide network to expand its outpatient and neuromodulation treatment capabilities in the Kansas City area.

TT Capital Partners has made a growth equity investment in Propio Language Services to accelerate development of Propio’s Propio ONE platform, expand strategic hiring, and scale its interpretation, translation, and localization services—particularly in healthcare where ~70% of Propio’s business resides. The funding is Propio’s first external investment and will support product innovation, broader adoption of remote language services, and continued company growth.

Odyssey Investment Partners has agreed to acquire ProPharma Group from Linden Capital Partners. ProPharma Group, a global provider of regulatory, compliance, pharmacovigilance and medical information services headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, will be led by CEO Dawn Sherman and the existing management team who are reinvesting alongside Odyssey to pursue organic and inorganic growth.

Waystar announced a definitive agreement to acquire eSolutions, a revenue cycle technology company known for Medicare-specific solutions and broad payer connectivity. The acquisition brings eSolutions' Medicare connectivity and analytics into Waystar's cloud payments platform, enabling a single system for commercial and government payers; eSolutions was backed by Francisco Partners.

WellSky has agreed to a new capital partnership that adds Leonard Green & Partners alongside existing investor TPG Capital, with TPG making a new equity investment and creating a new capital structure for the company. The recapitalization is intended to accelerate WellSky's technology innovation and expansion across the post-acute and community care continuum; terms were not disclosed and the deal was expected to close in Q3 2020.

Mitchell | Genex has acquired CompAlliance, a provider of managed care services for the workers' compensation industry, to expand its medical cost containment and clinical solutions. The deal, which was announced December 2, 2019, will broaden Mitchell | Genex's service offering (including PPO networks, medical bill review, case management and utilization review) and strengthen its position in workers' compensation, disability and group health markets; financial terms were not disclosed.

Epiphany Dermatology announced a partnership to bring Kansas City Dermatology into its network, expanding Epiphany's presence into the state of Kansas. The deal will give Kansas City Dermatology access to Epiphany's operational resources including managed care, HR, IT, and marketing support.

PharmScript, a provider of long-term care and post-acute care pharmacy services, has acquired UVANTA Kansas City (Lenexa, KS) to expand its Midwest footprint. The acquisition adds PharmScript's seventeenth pharmacy and strengthens its ability to serve long-term care and post-acute facilities across Kansas and Missouri.