Fresenius Medical Care Buys US Dialysis Companies For $2.1B

Fresenius Medical Care FMS announced the purchase of two U.S. dialysis companies with a combined price tag of $2.09 billion on Tuesday. The German-based company said it would buy privately held Liberty Dialysis Holdings for $1.7 billion including about $1 billion in assumed debt. It also announced the purchase of American Access Care for $385 million. Fresenius Medical Care is the largest dialysis company in the U.S. with 140,000 patients.