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Will Hamilton

Scope Research and HealthFMV. Healthcare M&A research and independent valuations for 15+ years.

The Weekly Checkup: Week of August 10-14, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

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10 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of August 10-14, 2026

Varex goes private at a 50% premium that is still lower than every disclosed imaging equipment deal since 2012, two dermatology platforms merge because nobody can exit, and CHG buys a four-year-old CRNA staffing firm for its 84% clinician retention.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of August 3-7, 2026

Aug 11, 2026

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13 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of August 3-7, 2026

KKR pays 14.6x for Integer's capability arbitrage, VitalConnect exits at 4.4x revenue or roughly the money it raised, and Fresenius sells two dialysis centers into a nephrologist JV at 2-3x EBITDA.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 27-31, 2026

Aug 4, 2026

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13 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 27-31, 2026

Advantage Behavioral sells for ~7x ($550.9m) to a NFP and the low multiple likely lies in the management fee structure, MiMedx buys a mix repair at a 46% premium, and a broker listed CRO in a fast growing market with $57m revenue.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 20-24, 2026

Jul 28, 2026

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13 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 20-24, 2026

Intermountain buys out Surgery Partners in Idaho Falls at 9.5x, Cardinal grabs AdaptHealth's diabetes falling knife, and the DMEPOS 36-month rule quietly breaks one of this week's listings.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 13-17, 2026

Jul 21, 2026

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15 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 13-17, 2026

PANTHERx changes hands for the third time since 2020, why 20% practice-level EBITDA is the wrong denominator in dental, plus five home care listings and a 58% margin that isn't really.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 6-10, 2026

Jul 14, 2026

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13 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of July 6-10, 2026

Williamson Health gets competing bids from the country's largest hospital operators, Qiagen and Hologic's surgical business are in play, and a deep dive into six addiction treatment listings

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 29-July 3, 2026

Jul 7, 2026

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11 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 29-July 3, 2026

QuidelOrtho tries to sell the business that COVID built, Strata makes a transplant surgery acquisition where structure is everything, Quorum uses its freshly minted nonprofit status for new M&A, and a collection of pharmacy listings show exactly how much license type matters to valuation.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 22-26, 2026

Jun 30, 2026

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11 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 22-26, 2026

Two $10-billion-plus biopharma / life sciences deals in five days, a long awaited wound care exit, and a pair of pain management listings with very different valuations.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 15-19, 2026

Jun 23, 2026

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11 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 15-19, 2026

Ensemble closes at $12 billion with its old investors still in the room, Simulations Plus goes private at 16.6x EBITDA, and Thurston builds a top-10 DSO out of three companies it already owned.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 8-12, 2026

Jun 16, 2026

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16 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 8-12, 2026

Humana sells 40% of Gentiva at ~2.3x revenue, a medtech consumables exit at 19x EBITDA, and a deep dive into the intersection of vascular, podiatry, and wound care

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 1-5, 2026

Jun 9, 2026

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14 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of June 1-5, 2026

The FTC clears AmSurg with divestitures, FONAR's insiders buy the company at 4.3x EBITDA (or less), and LaserAway tests what a scaled medspa platform is actually worth.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 25-29, 2026

Jun 2, 2026

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11 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 25-29, 2026

Lilly pivots to vaccines with three deals, a retail-to-vet deal that actually makes sense, and why HCA is buying a college.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 18-22, 2026

May 26, 2026

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15 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 18-22, 2026

Quorum's nonprofit conversion, Boston Scientific takes a $1.5B flyer on TAVR, and a deep dive into medspas

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 11 - 15, 2026

May 19, 2026

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16 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 11 - 15, 2026

The market repriced the GMR IPO by 36%, lenders took the keys at Affordable Care, and two fairness opinions explain why 7.9x and 23.9x might both be the right answer.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 4-8, 2026

May 12, 2026

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12 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of May 4-8, 2026

Knox Lane buys the dip in travel nursing and KKR goes public in EMS, plus a few private duty tidbits

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 27-May 1, 2026

May 5, 2026

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11 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 27-May 1, 2026

A dental deep dive, Lilly's fourth biotech buy in four weeks, and Teleflex finally goes private.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 20-24, 2026

Apr 28, 2026

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12 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 20-24, 2026

A $1.1B home health take-private, and why the projections matter more than the multiple.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 13-17, 2026

Apr 21, 2026

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10 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 13-17, 2026

Avanos Medical take-private at 14.7x EBITDA, and why the headline number is the wrong read.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton
The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 6-10, 2026

Apr 14, 2026

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8 min read

The Weekly Checkup: Week of April 6-10, 2026

Healthcare M&A from the filings, not just the press releases. Issue #1 is here.

Will Hamilton
Will Hamilton

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