Cheap debt is creating opportunities for companies to grow through acquisitions, Anthem Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt told investors during the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York. "I like the pricing environment a lot and we have a lot of capacity to work with to do a cash transaction of meaningful size - and it would be transformative," DeVeydt said. DeVeydt said the company was looking at expanding its Medicare business in Florida, Texas and California - three of the biggest healthcare markets. "We would clearly love to have more scale in Medicare but our focus is first targeting the strategic markets that matter most," he said.
據(jù)美國(guó)第二大醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)公司Anthem CFO Wayne DeVeydt推測(cè),低利率將為行業(yè)收購(gòu)創(chuàng)造好時(shí)機(jī),企業(yè)將通過(guò)并購(gòu)獲得成長(zhǎng)機(jī)會(huì)。“目前的定價(jià)環(huán)境非常有利,我們有能力進(jìn)行大量的現(xiàn)金收購(gòu),這具有變革性意義?!盌eVeydt說(shuō),公司正在佛羅里達(dá)、得克薩斯和加利福尼亞這三個(gè)最大的醫(yī)療市場(chǎng)尋求擴(kuò)大醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)業(yè)務(wù)的機(jī)會(huì)。“我們很希望能擴(kuò)大市場(chǎng)份額,但重點(diǎn)首先是針對(duì)最重要的戰(zhàn)略市場(chǎng)。”