{"id":58069,"date":"2020-08-21T11:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/insights\/the-current-state-of-distressed-healthcare-ma\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:35:24","slug":"the-current-state-of-distressed-healthcare-ma","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/insights\/the-current-state-of-distressed-healthcare-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"The current state of distressed healthcare M&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Livingstone hosted a live video conference Thursday, August 13, 2020 to discuss the state of distressed healthcare M&amp;A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/team\/ryan-buckley\/\">Ryan Buckley<\/a>, a Partner in the healthcare practice, the 30-minute webinar featured an expert panel of middle-market bankers focused on the healthcare sector, special situations, and debt advisory services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/team\/jim-moskal\">Jim Moskal<\/a>, Partner, Healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/team\/joseph-greenwood\">Joseph Greenwood<\/a>, Partner, Special Situations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Birkett, Partner, Debt Advisory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This downturn, unlike others, acutely impacted the healthcare sector, specifically provider-based businesses. Patient volumes are down from pre-COVID levels, and many subsector may take months, if not years to recover. The panel conducted a deep-dive into the state of distressed healthcare M&amp;A, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>unique considerations when transacting distressed healthcare providers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the current environment in the M&amp;A and lending markets for healthcare providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View the webinar clicking on the picture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9D3Am2y0cS0&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1-680x383.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1-680x383.png 680w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1-320x180.png 320w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1-96x54.png 96w, https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/State-of-Distressed-Healthcare-MA-hit-play-1-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45418,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2754],"tags":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-58069","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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