Oracle Strikes a Deal for Cerner

Oracle Strikes a Deal for Cerner

Oracle Corporation, one of the world’s largest technology companies, just announced its largest deal ever for the healthcare software giant Cerner Corporation. The deal is valued at $28.3 billion, or $95 per share, a price per share premium of 19.57% based on Cerner’s closing share price on December 16, 2021, the date before media outlets first reported on the deal. Cerner’s health technologies connect people and information systems at thousands of contracted provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and better care for individuals and communities. The company also offers a connected clinical and financial ecosystem to help manage day-to-day revenue functions,... Read More »
Quartet Health Advances Strategic Plan With InnovaTel Telepsychiatry Acquisition

Quartet Health Advances Strategic Plan With InnovaTel Telepsychiatry Acquisition

On December 8, Quartet Health and InnovaTel Telepsychiatry, a provider of virtual mental healthcare with differentiated expertise in treating complex conditions, announced their decision to join forces and bring quicker access, improved experience and evidence-based care to all who need mental health care. The InnovaTel acquisition is Quartet’s next step to advance its new strategic direction that was announced last week. Founded in 2014, Quartet Health is a leading tech-enabled mental health company that works with health plans, systems and provider groups to deliver speed to quality mental health care for all. To date, more than 300,000 people across the country — across Medicaid,... Read More »
Edifecs to Acquire Health Fidelity

Edifecs to Acquire Health Fidelity

On November 22, Edifecs, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity, a leading provider of risk adjustment solutions for the value-based care era. The acquisition is expected to close in mid-December of this year, pending regulatory approval. Founded in 1996, Edifecs is a premier technology company in the United State healthcare market with solutions focused on interoperability, workflows, value-based care payments and analytics. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Mohali, India, an engineering center in Moldova and has more than 750 employees globally. Health Fidelity is a San Mateo,... Read More »
Israeli Startup TailorMed Acquires Vivor

Israeli Startup TailorMed Acquires Vivor

On November 29, TailorMed, a leading financial navigation platform that helps healthcare organizations and patients remove financial barriers to care, announced that it has acquired Vivor, a financial assistance technology platform for healthcare providers and life sciences. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TailorMed is a healthcare technology company that was founded in 2016 with a personal mission to help patients and healthcare providers tackle the financial challenges of care delivery. TailorMed’s platform is used by over 600 healthcare facilities nationwide including leading health systems, pharmacies and clinics. It has locations in New York and Tel Aviv.... Read More »
Bain Capital & Hellman & Friedman Acquire athenahealth in $17 Billion Deal

Bain Capital & Hellman & Friedman Acquire athenahealth in $17 Billion Deal

The digital health giant athenahealth, Inc. has found two new investors in a $17 billion acquisition. Affiliates of Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital are joining up to purchase athenahealth from Evergreen Coast Capital and Veritas Capital, which acquired athenahealth and took it private back in 2019 for $5.7 billion. athenahealth partners with more than 140,000 ambulatory care providers, throughout all 50 states and across more than 120 specialties to help these businesses improve care while also optimizing financial performance. The company’s software suite, including its athenaOne cloud platform, provides physician practice-focused services, such as patient... Read More »
Clearlake-backed nThrive Acquires TransUnion’s Healthcare Business

Clearlake-backed nThrive Acquires TransUnion’s Healthcare Business

nThrive, Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TransUnion Healthcare, inc., the healthcare data and analytics business of TransUnion, in a $1.75 billion all-cash deal. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, will let TransUnion focus on its core businesses of credit, marketing and fraud mitigation solutions. TransUnion Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransUnion, provides consumers with online data and analytic services to maximize reimbursement throughout the revenue cycle. The company helps over 1,850 hospitals and 650,000 physicians collectively recover more than $1.2... Read More »