NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bryant Park Capital (“BPC”), a leading middle market investment bank, announced today that NueHealth (the “Company”) has closed on a refinancing and growth capital financing with two leading providers of capital to the healthcare services industry, Ares Management, L.P. (NYSE: ARES) and BC Partners Credit.
BPC served as the financial advisor to NueHealth in connection with this transaction.
NueHealth has over 20 years of proven success in Multi-Specialty and Orthopedic Specialty surgical care and is a national leader in developing, building, managing, and growing specialty surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers (“ASCs”) and hyper-specialty centers. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Leawood, KS, the Company has managed and held ownership interests in over 150 facilities since its inception and currently manages and/or owns 57 ASCs in 21 states with strategic geographic clustering in the Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, and throughout Texas. NueHealth’s operating platform improves the delivery and quality of surgical services to millions of patients. In partnership with leading physicians, health systems, and medical groups NueHealth facilities produce clinical and financial performance unrivaled in surgical care. This growth capital will enable NueHealth to accelerate the adoption of its value-based care protocols, consumer driven technology stack and advanced payment model contracting with payors and employers. With the advent of pay for value programs, our vision, investments and core assets position NueHealth unlike any other segment competitor and are built on the guiding principles of consumerism and payment reform shifting the risk of quality care to providers.
“It’s been a pleasure working with the Bryant Park Capital team. BPC is a value-added partner and has been critical in closing this transaction in a timely and efficient manner. We had an unusually short timeline, especially for a transaction of this nature and complexity, and BPC was able to exceed our expectations in every step of the process. I look forward to working with the BPC team in the future,” said John Palumbo, Chairman of NueHealth and Executive Chairman of ValueHealth, the parent company of NueHealth.
About NueHealth
Since 1997, NueHealth has partnered with over 10,000 physician investors and 25 health system partners to develop lower-cost sites of service, expanding into more than 150 facilities, including physician-owned surgery centers, surgical hospitals and orthopedic hyper-specialty centers. Today, NueHealth operates in [21] states, positioning our Ambulatory Centers of Excellence™ (ACE) to be national leaders in the transition to value-based care. For more information, visit www.nuehealth.com.
About ValueHealth
ValueHealth is the parent company to NueHealth and is a technology-enabled, market-based platform that assists payors and providers in delivering prospective bundle payment arrangements which are an alternative to high-cost fee for service surgical care for their members and patients. ValueHealth’s platform affiliates NueHealth <www.nuehealth.com>, Muve <www.muvehealth.com>, Benefit Management <www.benefitmanagementllc.com>, Healthcare RE <www.healthcarere.com>, and ValueHealth Transformation Center <www.vhtransformationcenter.com> uniquely position the platform to deliver high value surgical care for payors, providers and patients. ValueHealth redefines what it means to be a healthcare network. Its Ambulatory Centers of ExcellenceTM (ACE) network platform facilitates new levels of accessibilities, alignment, risk readiness and consumer transparency.
About Ares Management, L.P.
Ares Management, L.P. is a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $121.4 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2018 and 18 offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Since its inception in 1997, Ares has adhered to a disciplined investment philosophy that focuses on delivering strong risk-adjusted investment returns throughout market cycles. Ares believes each of its three distinct but complementary investment groups in Credit, Private Equity and Real Estate is a market leader based on assets under management and investment performance. Ares was built upon the fundamental principle that each group benefits from being part of the greater whole. For more information, visit www.aresmgmt.com.
About BC Partners Credit
BC Partners is a leading international investment firm with over €20 billion of assets under management in private equity and private credit. Established in 1986, BC Partners has played an active role in developing the European buy-out market for three decades. Today, BC Partners executives operate across markets as an integrated team through the firm’s offices in North America and Europe. Since inception, BC Partners has completed 105 private equity investments in companies with a total enterprise value of €130 billion and is currently investing its tenth private equity fund. For more information, please visit www.bcpartners.com.
BC Partners Credit was launched in February 2017 and has pursued a strategy focused on identifying attractive credit opportunities in any market environment and across sectors, leveraging the deal sourcing and infrastructure made available from BC Partners.
About Bryant Park Capital
Bryant Park Capital is an investment bank providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services to emerging growth and middle market public and private companies. BPC has deep expertise and a diversified, well-founded breadth of experience in a number of sectors, including healthcare services. BPC has arranged lines of credit, raised growth equity and assisted in mergers and acquisitions for its clients in various industries. Our professionals have completed approximately 320 assignments representing an aggregate transaction value of over $60 billion.
For more information about Bryant Park Capital, please visit www.bryantparkcapital.com.
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Joel Magerman, Managing Partner & CEO
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Raymond Kane, Managing Director
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