How Increased Demand Is Driving Interest in Women’s Health Investing

The women’s health sector is an incredibly diverse subset of businesses covering multiple specialties, including women’s health, fertility, and ancillary services. 

Kayla McCann Marty, an Associate at McGuireWoods, shares her expertise on women’s health investing, broadening how people think of the many different sub-sectors attracting regulatory and investor interest in the space. 

Ancillary services and connections from practices to the local health system are two of the ways Kayla sees businesses in this sector growing. For example, building surrogacy matching programs internally or utilizing referrals are both successful growth strategies that businesses can use to expand their footprint. 

Increased demand through market conditions, attractive ancillary services, and new opportunities for reimbursement are playing into the fertility market, which Kayla describes as “white hot.” These combined factors are contributing to the attention being paid to businesses catered towards women’s health. 

On this episode of The Professor’s Corner, Kayla and McGuireWoods’ Geoff Cockrell talk through all aspects of women’s health investing from growth models, regulatory concerns, and what to expect in the future from this very active sector of the market.  

Featured Guest

Name: Kayla McCann Marty

What she does: As an Associate at McGuireWoods, Kayla focuses her practice on healthcare transactional law, representing healthcare providers, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis centers, physician practices, private equity funds, and lenders, in healthcare transactions and compliance matters.

Organization: McGuireWoods

Words of wisdom: “I think the next frontier of value-based care in the women's health sector is trying to bring in the cost of the total continuum of care by preventative care for a woman — from day one when they become pregnant, all the way through excellent care when they deliver their baby and maybe even on into pediatrics.” 

Connect: LinkedIn 

 

Notes From the Professor’s Corner

Top takeaways from this episode

★ There are many growth models worth exploring in women’s health. Some firms opt for de novo growth, while others will focus more on acquisition.

★ The fertility sub-sector is “white hot.” Increased interest in the fertility sector is due to a combination of factors. Demand is growing with more women utilizing fertility services combined with the shortage of physicians specializing in the field.

★ Do your research to avoid regulatory compliance issues. The number one area that can trip up investors in the space is not thoroughly reviewing state law restrictions on ownership, investment, and profitability of ancillary investments.

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