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Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2015 Results with Net Operating Revenues of $4.911 Billion | Business Wire

FRANKLIN, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The operating results of Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA”) are included in the Company’s consolidated results and statistical data from January 27, 2014, the date the Company completed its acquisition of HMA.…

Spectrum Brands Holdings to Acquire Armored AutoGroup for $1.4 Billion | Business Wire

MIDDLETON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), a global and diversified consumer products company with market-leading brands, announced today it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Armored AutoGroup Parent Inc. (“Armored AutoGroup”) from Avista Capital Partners for $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt. Armored AutoGroup is a consumer products company…

Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2015 Results with Net Operating Revenues of $4.911 Billion | Business Wire

FRANKLIN, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The operating results of Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA”) are included in the Company’s consolidated results and statistical data from January 27, 2014, the date the Company completed its acquisition of HMA.…

Understanding EBITDA in Healthcare Valuations

Before entering a healthcare transaction, buyers and sellers of healthcare entities like urgent care centers, ambulatory surgery centers and other outpatient care centers will look at a center’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).

“EBITDA is really the measure of the cash flow of the business,” Todd Mello, ASA, CVA and partner at HealthCare Appraisers, Inc.,…