Healthcare Services Acquisitions in Missouri

DocGo Inc. (Nasdaq: DCGO) has acquired virtual care platform SteadyMD, combining DocGo’s mobile health and transport services with SteadyMD’s 50-state virtual clinician network. SteadyMD is expected to generate approximately $25 million in revenue in 2025, maintains a roster of over 600 clinicians, and its founders will join DocGo’s leadership; the deal will be funded from DocGo’s existing cash balances.

Solis Mammography, the nation’s largest independent provider of specialized breast health services, has acquired St. Louis Breast Center, marking Solis’s entrance into the St. Louis market and the state of Missouri. The acquisition expands Solis’s footprint into its 23rd major market and positions the company to build on the center’s 15-year history of providing breast imaging and diagnostic services.

Vee Healthtek, an AI-enabled healthcare technology and services provider headquartered in Plano, Texas, has acquired Precision Practice Management, a St. Louis-based revenue cycle and practice management services firm. The deal expands Vee Healthtek's ambulatory market footprint and technology-enabled revenue cycle capabilities to deliver broader practice management, billing, coding and consulting services to healthcare providers.

Naviant, a process consulting and intelligent automation firm, has acquired Amitech Solutions, a St. Louis-based healthcare-focused services firm specializing in intelligent automation, AI, and data analytics. The acquisition expands Naviant's healthcare and agentic automation capabilities and integrates Amitech's team and solutions to accelerate automation and AI deployments for healthcare customers.

Creach Family Holdings, a privately held family investment firm, has acquired Freudenthal Home-Based Healthcare, a St. Joseph, Missouri provider of in-home assistance, skilled nursing and hospice services. Freudenthal will continue to operate under its existing name and join CFH's Home Health and Hospice group (which includes Faith Home Health and Hospice), expanding CFH's in-home care footprint in the Midwest.

PRN Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals, part of Acumen Health Holdings, has acquired EyePromise, a Chesterfield, Missouri-based maker of scientifically supported eye vitamins and ocular health products. The acquisition combines PRN’s anterior eye expertise with EyePromise’s posterior eye products to create a more comprehensive eye-health offering for practitioners and patients.

Aline, a provider of senior living operating software, has acquired Grove Menus, a culinary management platform serving senior living communities. The acquisition integrates Grove Menus' dietitian-approved menu planning, vendor ordering, and inventory capabilities into Aline's resident operating system to expand culinary capabilities, improve operational efficiency, and deliver unified resident insights.

Solarity, a St. Louis-based provider of automated clinical data processing software for hospitals and physician practices, received a strategic growth investment from TA Associates. Existing private equity partner BV Investment Partners and Solarity management rolled substantial ownership stakes; TA executives will join Solarity's board to support product and market expansion.

Alcanza Clinical Research, an integrated investigator site network, has acquired Kansas City Research Institute (KCRI), a Phase II–IV clinical research site based in Kansas City, Missouri. The acquisition expands Alcanza's Midwest footprint and therapeutic capabilities in gastroenterology, hepatology and metabolic diseases while increasing trial access for underrepresented patient populations.

SSM Health has assumed ownership of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis (VNA), integrating VNA’s hospice, home health, palliative care and related community services into SSM Health at Home. The move is intended to expand access to post-acute and home-based care across the St. Louis region by combining VNA’s community-based programs with SSM Health’s clinical, operational and network resources.

CPC, a family-office backed holding company, has acquired Drug Free Sport International (DFSI) from Valesco Industries (a Valesco Fund II investment). DFSI, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is a global third‑party administrator of anti-doping, drug-testing, clinical and mobile health services for professional, collegiate and amateur sports organizations; CPC will partner with DFSI's existing management on a long‑term hold basis.

Oral Surgery Partners, a Sheridan Capital Partners-backed oral surgery practice management platform headquartered in Missouri, closed a $400+ million credit expansion in partnership with funds managed by Neuberger Berman and Aquarian Investments to support infrastructure, hiring, and add-on acquisitions. The capital will enable OSP to continue nationwide roll-up activity, invest in systems and personnel, and recruit additional surgeon partners.

MODIS Dental Partners has acquired Innovative Dental of Springfield, a super general practice led by Dr. Grant and Lauren Olson, expanding MODIS’s partner network and clinical capabilities in Springfield, Missouri. The transaction brings Innovative Dental’s implantology, orthodontics, cosmetic, and full‑smile restoration services into the MODIS platform to support continued patient‑care and growth initiatives.

Headlands Research has acquired Clinical Research Professionals, a St. Louis–area clinical research site, expanding Headlands' network and geographic reach. The acquisition adds experienced investigators and capabilities across therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, neurology, and vaccines, supporting increased participant recruitment and trial capacity.

Marathon Health announced the acquisition of Cerner Workforce Health Solutions (WHS), a group of onsite and near‑site employer health clinics; the transaction closed on August 1, 2023. The deal adds roughly 300 ambassadors, 35 health centers, 21 clients and 300,000 members across 15 states, expanding Marathon’s geographic footprint and adding occupational health and onsite pharmacy capabilities.

Ucardia, a cardiac conditioning software developer based in Austin, Texas, has acquired Phas3, a St. Louis-based pioneer in home-based cardiac rehabilitation. The acquisition combines Phas3's remote cardiac rehab software and clinical services with Ucardia's platform to create "Ucardia-at-Home," a comprehensive remote patient monitoring and cardiac rehab offering for providers, payers, and patients.

Headlands Research, a multinational clinical trial site network, has acquired Clinvest Research, a Springfield, Missouri-based clinical research site that has conducted over 600 trials since 1996. The deal expands Headlands' chronic pain and endocrinology capabilities and increases participant access for trials in the United States.

Next Move Healthcare, a Kansas City–based clinical staffing provider, has acquired Prime Surgical Associates, a specialty surgical and perioperative staffing firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The acquisition brings surgical and perioperative staffing capabilities into Next Move's service offering to support hospitals, physician groups and ambulatory surgery centers amid rising demand for surgical clinicians.

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) completed a growth investment in Sabai Global, a Chesterfield, Missouri-based provider of biosafety consulting, regulatory review, and central IRB services for clinical research. The investment will support Sabai’s continued expansion of services—particularly in cell and gene therapy—across pharmaceutical sponsors, CROs, academic health systems, and clinical research site networks.

ARC Health, a Thurston Group portfolio company, has acquired the Lilac Center, an integrated mental health provider with four locations in Kansas and Missouri. The acquisition expands ARC Health's national footprint and adds DBT-focused outpatient behavioral health capabilities to its network.

Kain Capital established a hospice-focused holding company, PERA Holdings, and PERA completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Hospice Care of America (HCA), a regional hospice operator headquartered in Kansas City. The founders of HCA will remain in their roles and retain equity; PERA will use technology, capital and shared services to grow HCA and pursue additional regional hospice acquisitions.

Surround Care, a St. Louis–based population health company, closed the merger acquiring Navvis and Esse Health; both companies will operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of the newly formed parent. The combined organization aims to scale population-health and value-based care capabilities, serving more than 4 million patients across multiple markets and expanding its geographic footprint and clinical offerings.

Versiti, a national blood health organization headquartered in Milwaukee, has acquired Missouri-based Ethical and Independent Review Services (E&I), an AAHRPP-accredited independent IRB. The acquisition expands Versiti's clinical trial services and regulatory review capabilities across biopharmaceutical, medical device, and social/behavioral research markets.

SteadyMD, a B2B telehealth infrastructure provider, has acquired BlocHealth, a clinician licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment platform. The acquisition brings BlocHealth's team, technology, and products into SteadyMD to expand its clinician licensing and credentialing capabilities and scale clinical capacity across its 50-state telehealth network.

Dallas-based ARR Healthcare, Inc., parent of locum tenens firm Alliance Recruiting Resources, has acquired Enterprise Medical Recruiting, a national physician search and placement firm founded in 1990. The acquisition adds permanent physician placement capability to ARR Healthcare’s existing temporary staffing (locum tenens) offering; Enterprise’s EVP Paul Smallwood is promoted to COO while founder Neal Fenster remains CEO.

Infinity Laboratories (backed by investor Imperial Capital) has acquired EKG Life Sciences Solutions, LLC (EKG Labs), a GMP-compliant analytical contract testing laboratory based in St. Louis, Missouri. The deal expands Infinity's geographic footprint and capabilities in chemical and microbiological testing (including extractables & leachables, method development/validation and impurity identification); founder Katie Grayson will continue as General Manager of EKG Labs.

Signify Health has completed the acquisition of Caravan Health from VSS Capital Partners, combining Caravan’s ACO enablement and population health capabilities with Signify’s value-based care platform. The deal was valued at an initial $250 million (approximately $190M cash and $60M stock) plus up to $50M in contingent cash payments, and creates one of the largest national networks of providers engaged in value-based payment models.

Sonova Holding AG has agreed to acquire Alpaca Audiology, a U.S. network of approximately 220 audiology clinics with over 500 employees, for USD 310 million on a cash- and debt-free basis. The deal, financed from Sonova’s cash balance and subject to regulatory approval, is intended to substantially increase Sonova’s direct consumer access in the United States and is expected to close before the end of financial year 2021/22.

Altasciences completed the acquisition of Sinclair Research, a Midwest-based preclinical CRO, expanding its U.S. preclinical footprint and adding capacity and toxicology expertise. The deal brings Sinclair’s over-80-animal-room capabilities into Altasciences’ integrated CRO/CDMO platform to better support biopharmaceutical, animal health, and medical device development programs.

Acadia Healthcare completed the acquisition of CenterPointe Behavioral Health System, adding four inpatient hospitals (260 acute care beds and 46 specialty substance-use beds) and 10 outpatient locations across Missouri. Acadia funded the transaction with cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving credit facility and said the deal extends its footprint in high-growth Missouri markets (St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia).

Oracle Corporation agreed to acquire Cerner Corporation in an all-cash tender offer of $95.00 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. The deal gives Oracle a major entry into the healthcare IT market—allowing Oracle to modernize Cerner’s EHR systems on Oracle Cloud and expand Oracle’s presence in healthcare globally.

Midwest Vision Partners, an MSO backed by The Firmament Group, has acquired Discover Vision Centers (DVC) of Kansas City, Missouri. The deal adds DVC's 32 providers across nine practice locations, three ambulatory surgical centers and two refractive centers to Midwest Vision Partners' platform, expanding its regional ophthalmology footprint and management services.

St. Croix Hospice (Oakdale, Minnesota) acquired three Missouri-based businesses formerly owned by LifeCare Collective: HomeCare of Mid Missouri, Nurses & Company and Transitions Hospice, adding four branch locations in Bolivar, Moberly, Nixa and St. Peters and expanding St. Croix’s Missouri footprint to six offices. The deal was facilitated by Agenda Health and legal counsel Waller; the acquisition continues St. Croix’s regional expansion of hospice and home-based care services.

Particle Dynamics, a U.S.-based specialist in particle processing and finished-dose manufacturing for pharmaceutical, OTC and nutraceutical customers, was sold by Edgewater Capital Partners to a new investor group led by BroadOak Capital Partners with Research Corporation Technologies and Farragut Capital Partners. The transaction (announced September 29, 2021) creates a new ownership group that aims to accelerate the company’s growth and expand its capabilities at its U.S. GMP, FDA-inspected facilities.

MSouth Equity Partners completed a platform investment in Lync Health Partners and, together with Lync's management and physician partners, acquired the Orthopedic Ambulatory Surgery Center of Chesterfield (OASCC). The deal establishes Lync as a platform for acquiring and operating ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to expand higher-acuity outpatient surgical services such as joint replacement, spine and cardiology.

Capsa Healthcare acquired Specialty Carts, Inc., a St. Louis–based manufacturer of medication and medical carts, expanding Capsa's product offering and strengthening its position in long-term care and extended-care pharmacy medication management. The acquisition integrates Specialty Carts' lines (medication carts, automated dispensing cabinets, documentation/telehealth carts) into Capsa's portfolio to better serve resident facilities and extended care pharmacies.

Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN), a Carlsbad, California-based physical therapy provider and practice management organization, has acquired Synergy Therapies' two outpatient clinics in Independence and Oak Grove, Missouri. The add-on expands PRN's nationwide footprint to 156 clinics across 15 states; PRN is a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors.

Omega Healthcare, backed by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking and Everstone Group, has acquired himagine Solutions, a St. Louis-based provider of medical coding and registry services. The acquisition expands Omega's U.S. delivery capabilities and clinical services (CDI, coding audits, chart abstraction) and enhances the combined company's end-to-end revenue cycle management and analytics offerings.

ICV Partners has made a majority investment in Total Access Urgent Care (TAUC), a St. Louis–based urgent care operator with 26 locations across the Midwest. The transaction partners ICV with TAUC management (including CEO Dr. Matt Bruckel and President Dr. Troy Dinkel) to support geographic expansion and open additional sites while continuing to enhance on-site diagnostic and pharmacy capabilities.

Northstar Capital provided junior growth capital to Alpaca Audiology, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, to support the hearing-healthcare platform's growth. Alpaca operates a network of audiology clinics offering patient-centered hearing services across the United States.

Aquiline Capital Partners has made a strategic growth investment in National Medical Billing Services, a St. Louis–based provider of revenue cycle management for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Aquiline will support National Medical's expansion by investing in technology, analytics and business development to accelerate the company's growth and capabilities.

Healthcare Fraud Shield, a Chesterfield, Missouri–based provider of AI-driven fraud, waste and abuse detection software for health payers, received a growth investment of over $50 million from Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund (managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners). The funding will accelerate development of the company's proprietary analytics, AI products and customer deployments while Healthcare Fraud Shield remains led by its existing management team.

Epiphany Dermatology has expanded into Missouri by acquiring Dermatology Associates, Inc. in St. Louis and adding Dr. Oliver McKee and his support staff to its provider network. The partnership will give the practice access to Epiphany's operational infrastructure — including managed care, marketing, HR and recruiting — as Epiphany continues to grow its multi-state clinic platform.

VSS Capital Partners led a growth investment in Podiatry Growth Partners (PGP), a St. Louis–headquartered podiatry practice management platform, to support the company's national expansion and add-on acquisition strategy. Additional investors in the financing include Compass Group Equity Partners, Siguler Guff, and SunGate Capital; financial terms were not disclosed.

Missouri Home Hospice, a Missouri-based operator of home health and hospice brands, has acquired HomeCare of Mid Missouri, a 47-year-old hospice and home health provider based in Moberly, Missouri. The acquisition expands Missouri Home Hospice's statewide network and local care coverage in the Columbia/Mid-Missouri region.

An affiliate of The Carlyle Group and Cannae Holdings (via a healthcare joint venture) acquired substantially all assets of Trust Healthcare Consulting Services, LLC from WindRose Health Investors. TrustHCS, a Springfield, Missouri–based provider of coding, CDI, denial management and staffing services with a team of 500+ professionals, will operate under the new joint-venture ownership; terms were not disclosed.

Partners Group agreed to acquire a majority stake in EyeCare Partners from FFL Partners, marking a PE-to-PE buyout of the U.S. ophthalmology and optometry services platform. EyeCare Partners is a vertically integrated network of optometry and ophthalmology practices headquartered in St. Louis that grew rapidly under FFL (reported 65% CAGR and several hundred sites) — financial terms were reported by market sources at roughly $2.2 billion.

CentralReach, a provider of EHR and practice management solutions for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) clinicians, has acquired Pathfinder Health Innovations, a practice management and data-collection software provider serving SMB ABA practices. The Pathfinder platform will remain alongside CentralReach's enterprise solution with the Pathfinder team staying in Kansas City and CEO Tina Youngblood joining CentralReach's leadership reporting to CEO Chris Sullens.

ImageFIRST, backed by Calera Capital, acquired a majority stake in Faultless Healthcare Linen; terms were not disclosed. The deal expands ImageFIRST's national footprint in healthcare linen rental and laundry services—Faultless will retain equity held by the Spence family and operate alongside ImageFIRST's existing locations.

ResMed has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HEALTHCAREfirst, a provider of EHR software, billing and coding services, and analytics for home health and hospice agencies. The acquisition will complement ResMed's Brightree software portfolio and expand its capabilities in post-acute/home health technology; financial terms were not disclosed.