On January 13, Health Catalyst, Inc. announced that it was acquiring Upfront Healthcare Services. According to Health Catalyst’s 8-K SEC filing, Upfront is being acquired for approximately $86 million and potential additional aggregate consideration of approximately $33.4 million.
Upfront is a patient engagement platform provider based in Chicago. Upfront provides a patient activation and engagement platform and a proprietary strategic marketing analytics and content personalization solution for healthcare enterprises. Its automated patient acquisition and retention solutions enable healthcare organizations to build loyalty and guide patients to optimal care by leveraging hyper-personalized experiences.
Health Catalyst is a data warehousing, analytics and outcomes-improvement company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable care. More than 1,000 organizations worldwide rely on Health Catalyst’s offerings, including its cloud-based technology ecosystem Health Catalyst Ignite™, AI-enabled data and analytics solutions and expert services to drive meaningful outcomes across hundreds of millions of patient records.
Health Catalyst plans to fund the transaction with a mix of cash and stock. The combination of Upfront’s patient acquisition and scheduling expertise with Health Catalyst’s current patient engagement portfolio is expected to strengthen the patient experience foundation set by Twistle Patient Engagement by Health Catalyst™ and the Lumeon by Health Catalyst™ care orchestration platforms, which both help patients stay informed throughout the care process.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition represents the 17th eHealth transaction of 2025, and the fifth in the patient engagement specialty. Additionally, this transaction represents the second largest eHealth transaction in terms of purchase price for 2024.
