
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Carlyle in talks to buy health tech firm Cotiviti for $15 bln – Bloomberg News
Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc is in talks to buy private health-care technology firm Cotiviti Inc from Veritas Capital for up to $15 billion, including debt, Bloomberg News reported citing people familiar with the matter. Carlyle is working to get financing of about $5.5 billion from private creditors for the deal, though private lenders may not provide all the debt, said the sources, according to the report. If the arrangement goes through, that would be one of the largest ever direct loans, or non-bank buyout loans arranged in the private credit market, the report said.