NaviHealth Changes Owners – Again

NaviHealth Changes Owners – Again

The merry-go-round of owners may finally be slowing for naviHealth, a digital healthcare company that helps health systems and insurers manage post-acute care bundled payments. In its third change of command, naviHealth is now part of OptumHealth, which is part of the Optum division of UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH). It now manages post-acute services for 4.5 million Medicare Advantage members and nine of the top 10 health systems. NaviHealth was founded in 2012 by Tom Scully, former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), who joined Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in 2004. In August 2015, WCAS sold a 71% stake in the company to Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) for... Read More »
NaviHealth Deal Focuses on Seniors

NaviHealth Deal Focuses on Seniors

It’s been a few years, four to be exact, since NaviHealth announced an acquisition. The silence was broken in late February, when it acquired Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IHD). The deal is part of NaviHealth’s mission to extend non-clinical services into seniors homes. Financial terms were not disclosed. IHD, based in Henderson, Nevada, specializes in identifying and addressing social determinants of health to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes for patients. It delivers a high-touch, patient-centric and non-clinical approach that is paired with proprietary workflow and patient engagement technology to address barriers and improve efficiences to get the right care... Read More »
Cardinal Health Sells Majority Stake in NaviHealth

Cardinal Health Sells Majority Stake in NaviHealth

Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) does a lot of business with private equity firms, but usually as an acquirer, not a seller. In August 2015, Cardinal acquired NaviHealth from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for $290 million. In June 2018, it sold a 55% stake in NaviHealth to Clayton, Dublier & Rice for an undisclosed amount. Cardinal’s initial stake was just 71% in 2015, but it added another 17% share in 2017 for $103 million. It will retain an approximately 45% interest in the company, and will have a call right to reacquire the business. The company said it would realize proceeds of $650 million after tax. Back in 2015, NaviHealth offered software and analytics products to help... Read More »

naviHealth Buys Curaspan

naviHealth is moving deeper into post-acute care transitions, in an effort to follow the bundled payments from end-to-end. Last week the company announced it will acquire Curaspan Health Group for an undisclosed amount. Just last August, naviHealth was the target in a $290 million deal, as Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) acquired 71% of the company from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with the goal of acquiring the remaining 29% within four years. naviHealth provides software and analytics to healthcare plans, health systems, physicians and post-acute care providers to manage the entire continuum of post-acute care. Curaspan Health specializes in care transition tools for hospitals and... Read More »

Cardinal Health Buys NaviHealth

Rumors surfaced last week that Nashville-based NaviHealth, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, was about to be acquired by Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH). Our friend in Nashville, Milt Capps, published the story on his Venture Nashville Connections blog on August 24. Sure enough, the story was verified on August 25 when Cardinal issued a FAQ statement about the $290 million deal. What does a medical products distributor like Cardinal see in a post-acute care coordinator like NaviHealth? Quite a lot, since its sweet spot is managing bundled payments in the post-acute continuum of care. The acquisition of even 71% of NaviHealth gives Cardinal Health scale and the... Read More »