Hospital & Healthcare Assets
Acquisition of hospitals, diagnostic chains, day-care centres and healthcare real estate. Clinical, regulatory and commercial diligence handled together, because in healthcare they cannot be separated.
The principle
Healthcare attracts family capital for good reasons. Demand is structural rather than cyclical, the asset is defensive in a downturn, and for many families there is a genuine wish to own something that does obvious good.
It is also the most regulated thing you can buy. A hospital carries clinical licensing, biomedical waste authorisation, radiology and radiation clearances, pharmacy licensing, fire and building compliance, and empanelment relationships with insurers and government schemes that may or may not survive a change of ownership.
The commercial diligence and the clinical diligence cannot be run separately, because in healthcare they are the same question. A hospital's revenue is a function of which doctors practise there, and doctors are not assets that transfer with a share purchase agreement.
What we arrange
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Which consultants drive the revenue, on what terms they are engaged, and whether they are likely to stay after a change of ownership. Case mix, outcome data where it exists, and any history of litigation or regulatory action. This is done discreetly, because the enquiry itself can unsettle a clinical team.
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Clinical establishment registration, biomedical waste authorisation, AERB clearance for radiology, pharmacy and blood bank licensing, fire safety, and NABH or NABL accreditation status where held. Each is checked for validity, transferability and any pending condition.
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The split between cash, insurance and government scheme patients determines both margin and collection cycle. Empanelments do not automatically survive a transfer, and a hospital that loses a major insurer relationship at completion is a materially different business from the one modelled.
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Whether to acquire the operating entity, the real estate, or both, and whether to retain the existing clinical leadership, bring in an operator, or affiliate with a chain. We structure so that the real estate and the operating business can be separated later if that becomes the better exit.
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A healthcare disposal is harder than an acquisition, because the thing that carries the value is a clinical team who must not learn of the sale from the market. We run these under non-disclosure from the first conversation, approach a short list of credible acquirers directly, and stage the diligence so the consultants are told at the right time by the right person.
The Beckon standard
Questions, answered once
Because a substantial portion of a hospital's revenue follows individual doctors rather than the building. If the three consultants who generate most of the surgical volume leave within six months of completion, you have bought infrastructure rather than a business. Retention terms should be negotiated before signing, not after.
It depends on what you want to own in ten years. Owning both gives control and simplifies the transaction. Separating them gives you the option to sell the operating business while retaining the real estate as a leased income asset, which is frequently the more valuable structure at exit.
Generally yes. Lower clinical complexity, less dependence on individual practitioners, and a simpler licence set, though radiology still brings AERB obligations. They are often a more sensible first healthcare acquisition for a family without operating experience in the sector.
Yes, and in healthcare it usually must be. We work under non-disclosure from the outset and stage the diligence so that clinical staff are approached as late in the process as is responsible.
Yes, and confidentiality is most of the work. Chains, healthcare funds and regional operators are all active acquirers, and they can be approached without a public process. What decides your price is consultant retention and a clean regulatory file, so both are worth addressing before anyone is approached.
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