ResMed Pays Big for MatrixCare
It’s a frothy, frothy market in most areas of health care, and the digital health space just got frothier. ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD), which makes medical equipment to monitor respiratory disorders, announced it paid $750 million for MatrixCare, a portfolio company of OMERS Private Equity. Right up front, ResMed touted the 25x price/EBITDA multiple, based on MatrixCare’s pro forma net EBITDA of approximately $30 million for calendar year 2018. Pro forma net revenue of $122 million in the same period is approximately 6.2x. The valuation is higher than even the sector’s biggest deal this year, Verscend Technologies’ $4.9 billion take-private deal for Cotiviti Holdings... Read More »
OptimizeRx Adds CareSpeak Communications
OptimizeRx Corporation (NYSE: OPRX) is heavily invested in healthcare communications. Its primary business provides digital health messaging via electronic health records (EHRs), offering a direct channel for pharma companies to communicate with healthcare providers. That makes its recent $9 million acquisition of privately held CareSpeak Communications so logical. CareSpeak, based in Somerset, New Jersey, provides patient engagement, medical therapy adherence, and care coordination solutions to insurers, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and specialty pharmacies. OptimizeRx’s cloud-based solution supports patient adherence to medications by providing real-time access to financial... Read More »
Anju Software Makes a Deal for Zephyr Health
Anju Software has had a busy year, making three transactions public in the first three quarters of 2018. Its latest deal is for Zephyr Health, a San Francisco-based startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Icon Ventures and Google Ventures. Anju, a life sciences software platform, is backed by Providence Equity Partners. Its integrated platform spans clinical, medical affairs and after-market solutions. Zephyr provides comprehensive physician, institution and treatment data for every major disease area. It uses proprietary algorithms to link disparate data sources in an effort to deliver actionable insights. This deal continues Anju’s strategy to combine robust... Read More »
Welltok Strikes Again, Buying WellPass
Welltok, a portfolio company of New Enterprise Associates since 2013, has boosted its consumer health platform, CafeWell, with the acquisition of WellPass. WellPass was formed in 2017 through the merger of Sense Health and Voxiva. The latter worked with many large payers and organizations on mobile and digital health products. Sense Health focuses on Medicaid care managers. Wellpass has created interactive, popular text-based programs such as Text4Baby, Text2Quit and Care4Life, and works with a roster of Medicaid plans, state Medicaid agencies and departments of health, as well as providers and pharmaceutical companies. The acquisition will allow Wellpass’ current clients to more... Read More »
SOC Telemed Adds Psych Services
SOC Telemed, formerly Specialists On Call, Inc., has added telepsychiatry provider JSA Health to its roster of specialties. SOC Telemed bills itself as the largest national provider of provides video-based specialty physician consultations to acute care hospitals, health systems, post-acute care providers, physician networks, value-based care organizations and health plans. Through its Telemed IQ platform, it provides 24/7 coverage in neurology, psychiatry, critical care and managed services solutions to more than 300 hospitals across 25 states. It’s been in Warburg Pincus’ portfolio since 2014. Houston-based JSA Health provides telepsychiatry services in emergency settings,... Read More »Schedule a demo
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