U.S. Anesthesia Partners, an anesthesia-focused physician services organization backed by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has successfully closed the previously announced transaction with Greater Houston Anesthesiology. As part of the transaction USAP also completed its acquisition of the assets of GHA that provide practice management and business support services.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on healthcare, along with information and business services, has completed its acquisition of the interactive software company GetWellNetwork, whose technology enables patients to view movies, access the Internet and more via their hospital bedside TVs.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has committed $300 million of equity capital to Galeos Group. The business will be a new entrant into the federal government services and solutions space.

Matrix Medical Network, an 11-year-old,  Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company that provides high-risk member management services to health plans and medical groups, has acquired Ascender, a San Diego-based company that makes a healthcare analytics suite of software products. The terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — [...]

Private equity backed NaviHealth has acquired SeniorMetrix, a Nashville-based provider of data-driven clinical decision-support solutions to the post-acute healthcare markets. Brentwood Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to SeniorMetrix. NaviHealth was created by two healthcare companies – Select Medical, Universal American and private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. PRESS RELEASE Brentwood Capital [...]

BPV has completed a successful exit from Matrix Medical Network in a secondary buyout of the company to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Matrix Medical Network is a provider of prospective health assessments for Medicare Advantage health plans. The company’s nurse practitioners provide in-home assessment services for more than 45 health plans and medical groups in 33 states.

Valeritas Inc., a Bridgewater, N.J.-based developer of drug delivery systems for the diabetes market, has raised $150 million in Series C financing. The funding will support commercialization of its V-Go disposable insulin delivery device. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe led the financing and assumes a controlling interest in Valeritas. Previous investors MPM Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Abingworth Management, Advanced Technology Ventures, ONSET Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Agate Medical Investments, CHL Medical Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also participated.

St Jude Medical is set to buy AGA Medical Holdings Inc, which is backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, in a deal worth more than $1 billion in stock and cash. At $20.80 a share, the deal values AGA Medical at a 41 percent premium on Friday’s closing price. AGA went public in October at $14.50 a share. St Jude said it expected to close the deal by the end of the year.

Ryan Harper and Edward Sobol have been appointed vice presidents at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, the New York private equity firm. Harper was previously vice president at Summit Partners, while Sobol is a former vice president at Bain Capital. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe focuses mainly on information/business and healthcare, manages $20 billion in capital, and has a current portfolio of over thirty companies.