Tracked deals
37
37 tracked deals across 2016-2026.
Healthcare Services Buyers & Acquisitions in Kentucky
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
30 strategic · 22 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2021
7 tracked deals announced in 2021.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- BrightSpring Health Services appears in both acquisition and divestiture activity in Kentucky-connected healthcare services.
- Healthcare workflow and administrative enablement show up repeatedly: Knipper Health + eBlu for real-time benefit investigation and prior authorization; Knack Global for anesthesia-focused revenue cycle management.
- Care delivery models vary widely—from home health and hospice assets to outpatient practice expansion and musculoskeletal clinic networks.
- Imaging and oncology operations are a clear subsector theme, highlighted by Azra AI acquiring Thynk Health for lung cancer screening and incidental findings management.
- Repeat activity by specialized investors/operators indicates sustained interest in Kentucky-based and Kentucky-connected healthcare services platforms.
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Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| LifePoint Health | 2 | Operator of community-based hospitals and a diversified h... | Strategic |
| Ace & Company | 1 | Multi-stage private investment firm that participated in ... | PE |
| Already Autism Health | 1 | Multi-site autism therapy provider offering in-home and c... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Altaris, LLC | 1 | Healthcare investment firm focused on building companies ... | PE |
| AnewHealth | 1 | National pharmacy care management provider specializing i... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Ascend Learning | 1 | Healthcare and learning technology company providing cert... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Atlantic Street Capital | 1 | Private equity firm focused on lower middle market invest... | PE |
| Azra AI | 1 | Healthcare enterprise AI platform for incidental findings... | Strategic |
| BrightSpring Health Services | 1 | Provider of diversified home and community-based health a... | Strategic |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) | 1 | Large institutional investor that makes direct private eq... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Healthcare Services in Kentucky by Year
Last 9 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Strata Critical Medical, Inc.
- Target
- Louisville Perfusion Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Strata Critical Medical, Inc. completed its all-cash acquisition of Louisville Perfusion Services, Inc. (LPS), a regional provider of perfusion and blood management services for cardiac surgery programs in Kentucky. The deal strengthens Strata’s presence in the Kentucky/Ohio region and expands capabilities supporting transplant and cardiac care customers.
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May 1, 2026
- Buyer
- BrightSpring Health Services
- Target
- Amedisys, LHC Group
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
BrightSpring Health Services said its recently acquired Amedisys and LHC Group home health and hospice assets contributed $79 million in Q1 revenue and about $9 million in adjusted EBITDA as they are integrated. The company expects the new assets to drive a roughly $30 million EBITDA boost in year one and is centralizing operations (including order intake) across the combined platform.
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April 29, 2026
- Buyer
- Azra AI
- Target
- Thynk Health
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Azra AI acquired Thynk Health, a lung cancer screening and incidental findings management platform, to close gaps between imaging detection and cancer care. The combined offering is deployed across hundreds of hospitals and aims to strengthen enterprise-wide oncology workflow automation for follow-up, care coordination, and patient outcomes. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- Sevita
- Target
- ResCare Community Living
- Seller
- BrightSpring Health Services
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
BrightSpring Health Services completed the divestiture of its ResCare Community Living business to Sevita. The deal was originally announced in January 2025 and structured as an all-cash transaction for $835 million.
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October 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Confluent Health
- Target
- Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Confluent Health announced a partnership with Commonwealth Hand & Physical Therapy, a Kentucky-based practice operating six clinics, which will join Confluent's national musculoskeletal care network while retaining its local brand. The deal expands Confluent Health's footprint and gives Commonwealth access to Confluent's management services, clinician education, and practice enablement resources.
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- Buyer
- Knipper Health, Frazier Healthcare Partners
- Target
- eBlu Solutions
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Knipper Health, a therapy initiation and fulfillment provider backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners, has acquired eBlu Solutions, a provider-integrated platform for real-time benefit investigation and electronic prior authorization. The deal integrates eBlu's automation capabilities with Knipper's national fulfillment network to accelerate patient enrollment and streamline order-to-therapy initiation.
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March 27, 2025
- Buyer
- Ascend Learning
- Target
- Clover Learning
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Ascend Learning, a healthcare learning and certification company, has acquired Clover Learning, a provider of online diagnostic imaging education and certification exam preparation. The acquisition expands Ascend's allied health portfolio and strengthens its diagnostic imaging training and continuing education offerings.
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January 24, 2025
- Buyer
- Already Autism Health, Triton Pacific Healthcare Partners, Star Mountain Capital, Ace & Company
- Target
- Commonwealth ABA
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Charlotte-based Already Autism Health has acquired Commonwealth ABA and received a majority investment led by Triton Pacific Healthcare Partners, with Star Mountain Capital and Ace & Company participating. The deal expands Already Autism Health's clinic footprint into Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana and Virginia and brings Commonwealth founder Brett Blevins into the combined company's leadership as Chief Development Officer.
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August 8, 2024
- Buyer
- Knack Global, LKCM Headwater
- Target
- Merrick Management, Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Knack Global, a tech-enabled provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions, has acquired Merrick Management, Inc., a Lexington, Kentucky-based anesthesia-focused RCM and practice management firm. The deal expands Knack's specialty RCM capabilities into the anesthesia market and will fold Merrick's leadership into a new Anesthesia Services division while Knack continues to grow alongside investment partner LKCM Headwater.
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- Buyer
- AnewHealth, The Vistria Group
- Target
- HomeFree Pharmacy Services
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
AnewHealth has acquired HomeFree Pharmacy Services and will merge it with ExactCare to expand its suite of at-home pharmacy and medication management solutions. In connection with the transaction, The Vistria Group has made a minority investment in AnewHealth; Nautic Partners remains the controlling owner of AnewHealth.
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- Buyer
- Capitol Pain Institute, Iron Path Capital
- Target
- Pain Care Surgery of Louisville
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Capitol Pain Institute (CPI), a PE-backed interventional pain management platform, has acquired Pain Care Surgery of Louisville, an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) in Louisville, Kentucky. The deal — supported by CPI sponsor Iron Path Capital — expands CPI's ability to offer advanced, minimally invasive procedures in Kentucky and strengthens its regional ASC footprint.
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April 26, 2024
- Buyer
- West Physics Consulting, LLC
- Target
- Tricord, Inc. (medical physics service division)
- Seller
- Tricord, Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
West Physics Consulting, LLC has acquired the medical physics service division of Tricord, Inc., a Paducah, Kentucky-based provider of radiation safety, health, medical, industrial, and environmental physics services. The deal brings Tricord's medical clients into West Physics' national platform (expanding coverage in western Kentucky, southern Missouri, southern Illinois and Tennessee) while Tricord's president Steve Meiners will remain on a part-time consulting basis during the transition.
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- Buyer
- New Mountain Capital
- Target
- The Rawlings Group
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Affiliates of New Mountain Capital have made a strategic growth investment in The Rawlings Group, a La Grange, Kentucky–based coverage analytics and payment integrity provider for health insurers. The capital will support investments in AI, product development, talent, and expansion into new markets and capabilities while New Mountain partners with Rawlings' management team.
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January 18, 2024
- Buyer
- Kindeva Drug Delivery, Altaris, LLC
- Target
- Summit Biosciences, Summit Biosciences Inc.
- Seller
- Summit’s founding family shareholders
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Kindeva Drug Delivery, an operating company of Altaris, LLC, acquired Summit Biosciences, a specialized intranasal drug-delivery contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), from its founding family shareholders. The deal expands Kindeva’s drug-delivery capabilities with a new intranasal drug-delivery platform and adds Summit’s FDA- and EMA-approved cGMP facility in Lexington, Kentucky.
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November 2, 2023
- Buyer
- First Stop Health
- Target
- SentryHealth
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
First Stop Health, a Chicago-based virtual care provider backed by Sverica Capital Management, has acquired SentryHealth, an AI-driven employee health and wellbeing platform. The acquisition adds care management and advocacy capabilities to First Stop Health’s virtual primary, urgent and mental health services to better serve employer clients and their employees.
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July 25, 2023
- Buyer
- VersiCare Group
- Target
- Open Doors, LLC
- Seller
- Open Doors (sale announced; seller not otherwise specified), Jennifer Le (American Healthcare Capital) — listing advisor for Open Doors, LLC
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
VersiCare Group, a Partner Company of Seven Hills Capital, announced the acquisition of Open Doors, a Louisville, Kentucky provider of residential care and Family Home Provider (FHP) services for individuals with developmental disabilities under Kentucky’s Supports for Community Living (SCL) Waiver program. The transaction expands VersiCare’s footprint in Kentucky and increases its operational capacity for FHP services.
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- Buyer
- Full Guard Capital
- Target
- Comprehensive Correctional Care (3C)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Full Guard Capital has provided strategic growth capital and support to Comprehensive Correctional Care ("3C"), an outsourced inmate healthcare provider based in Benton, Kentucky. The partnership will supply resources to help 3C expand its contracted medical services for county correctional facilities across Kentucky and pursue a multi-year growth plan.
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February 7, 2023
- Buyer
- Lifepoint Health
- Target
- Springstone
- Seller
- Springstone's management group
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Lifepoint Health completed its acquisition of a majority ownership interest in Springstone’s operating company, bringing 18 behavioral health hospitals and 35 outpatient locations across nine states into Lifepoint’s network. Medical Properties Trust (MPT) will continue to own a majority of Springstone’s real estate and retain a minority stake in the operating company.
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October 3, 2022
- Buyer
- Spero Health
- Target
- My Turning Point
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Spero Health, a PE-backed national outpatient addiction treatment provider, has acquired My Turning Point, a Kentucky-based outpatient addiction treatment program with four clinic locations (Stanford, Russell Springs, Nicholasville and Cynthiana). The deal expands Spero's network across Kentucky and increases local capacity for medication‑assisted and integrated behavioral health services.
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August 22, 2022
- Buyer
- Prescott's, Inc., Atlantic Street Capital
- Target
- Heartland Medical Sales & Service
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Prescott's, Inc., a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital, has acquired Heartland Medical Sales & Service, a Louisville-based provider of sales, service, refurbishment and repair of anesthesia machines and related equipment. The acquisition expands Prescott's service offering into the anesthesia equipment category and represents an add-on to its PE-backed platform to broaden technical capabilities for hospitals, surgery centers and specialty practices.
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August 17, 2021
- Buyer
- Humana Inc.
- Target
- Kindred at Home
- Seller
- TPG Capital, Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe (WCAS)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Humana Inc. has acquired the remaining 60% interest in Kindred at Home from private equity sponsors TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in an $8.1 billion enterprise-value transaction, making Humana the nation’s largest provider of care in the home. Kindred at Home operates home health, hospice and personal care services across ~40 states (serving ~550,000 patients annually and employing ~43,000 caregivers) and will be integrated into Humana’s Home Solutions/CenterWell home health platform to accelerate value-based, home-based clinical care.
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June 21, 2021
- Buyer
- LifePoint Health
- Target
- Kindred Healthcare
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
LifePoint Health agreed to acquire Kindred Healthcare in June 2021 and completed the transaction in December 2021, combining LifePoint's community hospital network with Kindred's long-term acute care, rehabilitation and behavioral health capabilities. The deal created a new national system, ScionHealth, and LifePoint committed to invest roughly $1.5 billion over three years to expand services, technology and community-based care.
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- Buyer
- KnowFully Learning Group, NexPhase Capital, LP
- Target
- Creative Educational Concepts (CEC)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
KnowFully Learning Group, a NexPhase Capital‑backed provider of professional education, has acquired Creative Educational Concepts (CEC), an accredited provider of interprofessional continuing medical education. The acquisition brings CEC’s live and online CME capabilities and oncology-focused programs into KnowFully’s healthcare education portfolio, with CEC founder Dr. Joni Fowler continuing to lead the division.
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- Buyer
- Trailcreek Capital Group, LLC, Steve Hendricks
- Target
- Home Instead Senior Care of East Louisville
- Seller
- Brent Beanblossom, Becky Beanblossom
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
An ownership group led by Trailcreek Capital Group, LLC has acquired the Home Instead Senior Care Louisville franchise from long-time owners Brent and Becky Beanblossom. Steve Hendricks has assumed the role of CEO of the Louisville office and will continue operating the local in‑home senior care business, with no immediate staffing changes and plans to hire additional CAREGivers to expand services.
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- Buyer
- Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN), Gryphon Investors
- Target
- Professional Rehabilitation Associates, PSC
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN), a Carlsbad-based physical therapy provider and portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, acquired Professional Rehabilitation Associates, PSC (PRA), adding three outpatient clinics and management of one inpatient physical therapy center in Kentucky. The deal expands PRN's national footprint to roughly 150 clinics across 14 states and marks PRN's entry into the Kentucky market.
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- Buyer
- Podiatry Growth Partners, Compass Group Equity Partners, VSS Capital Partners, Siguler Guff & Company, SunGate Capital
- Target
- Kentucky/Indiana Foot and Ankle Specialists (KYINFAS)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Podiatry Growth Partners, a St. Louis-based platform backed by private equity investors, announced a strategic partnership with Kentucky/Indiana Foot and Ankle Specialists (KYINFAS), the largest podiatry practice in metropolitan Louisville led by Dr. Syed Khader. The deal brings KYINFAS's 20 providers into the Podiatry Growth Partners platform to support continued expansion of locations, providers, and capabilities in the region.
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- Buyer
- Trivest Partners
- Target
- Bluegrass Orthopaedics
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Trivest Partners has partnered with Bluegrass Orthopaedics (BGO) in Lexington, Kentucky to form a new national management services organization (MSO) as the seventh platform investment from Trivest Fund VI. Trivest invested alongside BGO physicians and also supported investment in Bluegrass Specialty Surgery Center to accelerate growth, invest in facilities and talent, and pursue add-on orthopedic practice partnerships.
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October 13, 2020
- Buyer
- Life Link III
- Target
- FlightBridgeED, LLC
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Life Link III, a non-profit air medical consortium, has acquired FlightBridgeED, a Bowling Green, Kentucky-based critical care and pre-hospital education provider. The acquisition will integrate FlightBridgeED's advanced certification education and training capabilities into Life Link III's clinical operations to expand and promote evidence-based critical care education across its network.
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- Buyer
- Pediatric Home Service
- Target
- RSVP Home Care, Pulmonary Partners
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Pediatric Home Service (PHS) announced a partnership with RSVP Home Care and its adult division Pulmonary Partners to expand in-home pediatric and respiratory care across the Cincinnati/Kentucky region. RSVP will co-brand with PHS for 6–12 months before adopting the Pediatric Home Service name, while Pulmonary Partners will retain its existing brand and clinical teams will remain in place.
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January 13, 2020
- Buyer
- Unified Women's Healthcare
- Target
- Lucina Health (Lucina Analytics)
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Unified Women's Healthcare has acquired the assets of Lucina Health (operating as Lucina Analytics) to integrate maternal health analytics into its services. The acquisition expands Unified's innovation platform by adding data-driven maternity risk identification and care-planning capabilities for payors and providers.
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December 4, 2019
- Buyer
- Waystar
- Target
- Recondo Technology
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Waystar, a leading provider of cloud-based revenue cycle technology, has acquired Recondo Technology, a provider of AI- and RPA-powered patient access and business office automation for healthcare providers. The acquisition expands Waystar's AI and patient-access capabilities and will integrate Recondo's transaction and prior-authorization processing into Waystar's end-to-end revenue cycle platform.
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- Buyer
- EQT (EQT VIII Fund), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
- Target
- Waystar
- Seller
- Bain Capital Private Equity
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The EQT VIII Fund and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in Waystar, a cloud-based revenue cycle management provider, in a transaction valuing the company at $2.7 billion. Bain Capital Private Equity will retain a minority stake and will continue to support Waystar alongside the new investors to fund continued innovation and transformative M&A.
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- Buyer
- Partners Group
- Target
- Confluent Health
- Seller
- The Edgewater Funds
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Partners Group has acquired Confluent Health from The Edgewater Funds. Confluent, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, operates approximately 200 outpatient physical therapy clinics and provides occupational health & safety services and education programs, employing over 2,000 therapists and office professionals. The transaction transfers Edgewater's equity stake to Partners Group, which will look to accelerate growth across Confluent's multi-segment care platform.
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July 22, 2019
- Buyer
- The MENTOR Network
- Target
- Just Family, Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The MENTOR Network acquired Just Family, Inc., a Lexington, Kentucky provider of Adult Day Health services, including nine centers and home-based attendant care, in a transaction that closed July 1, 2019. The acquisition gives The MENTOR Network entry into the Kentucky ADH market and expands its ADH footprint to five states.
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January 8, 2019
- Buyer
- Women's Care Enterprises, Lindsay Goldberg
- Target
- London Women's Care
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
Women's Care Enterprises, a Tampa-based multispecialty women's health platform and portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg, has partnered with London Women's Care, a Kentucky-based OB‑GYN and multispecialty practice. The deal brings London Women's Care's 29 providers and 113 employees into the Women's Care Enterprises platform to support the company's strategic growth and expansion of women's health services.
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- Buyer
- EyeCare Partners, LLC
- Target
- John-Kenyon Eye Centers, Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers, McPeak Vision Partners
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Addon
St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners completed acquisitions of three Kentucky ophthalmology practices — John-Kenyon Eye Centers, Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers, and McPeak Vision Partners — expanding its footprint in Louisville and southern/western Kentucky. The deals bring multiple doctors and locations into EyeCare Partners’ network to broaden patient access to ophthalmology and refractive services across the state.
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- Buyer
- Riverside Partners, LLC
- Target
- Bottom Line Systems
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, completed a majority equity investment in Bottom Line Systems (BLS), a Crescent Springs, Kentucky-based provider of revenue cycle management technology and services for hospitals and healthcare providers. Financial terms were not disclosed; Riverside said it will invest in BLS's technology and support continued growth and expansion of its client base.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of healthcare services deals show up in Kentucky?
The page features acquisitions and investments across home health and hospice assets, outpatient clinic/practice expansion, therapy initiation/fulfillment, imaging education, and healthcare workflow/administrative enablement such as revenue cycle management and prior authorization.
Which buyers are most frequently represented?
Recurring names on the page include West Physics Consulting, LLC, Already Autism Health, Triton Pacific Healthcare Partners, Star Mountain Capital, Ace & Company, New Mountain Capital, VersiCare Group, and Unified Women’s Healthcare.
Are there deals focused on technology-enabled healthcare workflows?
Yes. Examples include Azra AI (oncology workflow automation for lung cancer screening and follow-up) and Knipper Health acquiring eBlu Solutions (real-time benefit investigation and electronic prior authorization).
Is there any evidence of divestiture activity alongside acquisitions?
Yes. BrightSpring Health Services completed the sale of ResCare Community Living to Sevita in 2026, after the deal was originally announced in January 2025.
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