MEDNAX To Acquire Anesthesiology Practice In Georgia

(RTTNews) - MEDNAX, Inc. (MD) said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire The NEXus Medical Group, LLC and its subsidiary, Meridian Anesthesia Consultants, LLC in Macon, Georgia.

This is a cash deal, and it is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings upon closing, which is scheduled for October 31, MEDNAX said.

No additional terms of the deal were disclosed.

As part of the deal, 64 full-time anesthesia providers - 15 anesthesiologists and 49 anesthetists - and six other clinical and administrative staff will become part of MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division, serving as an integrated physician group practice.

MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division consists of more than 2,225 anesthesia providers, including more than 925 physicians and 1,300 anesthetists practicing in 13 states.