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)美國第二大醫(yī)療保險公司Anthem CFO Wayne DeVeydt推測,低利率將為行業(yè)收購創(chuàng)造好時機,企業(yè)將通過并購獲得成長機會?!澳壳暗亩▋r環(huán)境非常有利,我們有能力進行大量的現(xiàn)金收購,這具有變革性意義?!盌eVeydt說,公司正在佛羅里達、得克薩斯和加利福尼亞這三個最大的醫(yī)療市場尋求擴大醫(yī)療保險業(yè)務(wù)的機會?!拔覀兒芟M軘U大市場份額,但重點首先是針對最重要的戰(zhàn)略市場?!?