Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database

Acquiring Party	North American Senior Care, a consolidator of long-term care facilities.
Transferring Party	Beverly Enterprises, Inc., an operator of 350 nursing homes and assisted living centers
Sector	Medical Services
Date	August 17, 2005
Analysis In this $1.9 billion dollar deal, NASC has outbid other suitors in expanding its long-term care operations. The same group of investors behind NASC, in 2004, acquired Mariner Health Care, which had 250 skilled-nursing facilities in 27 states. A year before that, the investors acquired 130 facilities in 23 states from Integrated Health Services.
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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 3Q05