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Private equity firms get in the game

May 5, 2011Liz Beaulieu, Editor

For a few years now, there's been a lot of talk about private equity firms being interested in the HME industry. They're mainly attracted to the demographics—all those baby boomers retiring in record numbers. For the most part, though, they've been waiting, sitting on the sidelines. Not anymore, says Dexter Braff, president of The Braff Group, which monitors M&A activity in the HME and other industries. "There's been a remarkable development in the first quarter of this year," he said. "There...

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