Centene Corporation and Magellan Health Merge
It looks like the healthcare M&A market is off to a strong start for the new year. Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), the multi-national managed care giant, has announced the acquisition of Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN), a healthcare management company specializing in behavioral health and pharmacy benefits. The deal is valued at $2.2 billion, or $95 per share, a 14.6% premium to Magellan’s closing price of $82.85 on December 31, 2020. Magellan Health has approximately 23.5 million members enrolled under its programs. Once the news broke, Magellan’s shares jumped 11% while Centene’s stock reported a slight uptick. Magellan generated annualized EBITDA of... Read More »
Centene Corporation Adds Digital Health Analytics Firm
Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), the managed care giant, has acquired Apixio Inc. to boost its healthcare analytics capabilities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Mateo, California-based Apixio provides a technology suite that mines, compiles and analyzes large volumes of disparate, unstructured patient data (such as physician notes and medical charts), and creates and refines algorithms to extract high-quality insights to support payers’ and providers’ administrative activities. Apixio’s AI platform has been trained to handle the complexities and challenges of the healthcare industry and deliver proven results. Apixio will remain an operationally independent entity as part of... Read More »
Clover Health Goes Public
Clover Health Investments, Corp. is going public in a new reverse merger. Founded in 2013, Clover Health provides affordable Medicare Advantage plans to more than 57,000 members in seven states. The company also offers the Clover Assistant platform, which aggregates relevant health data points, including claims, medical charts and diagnostics, and uses machine learning to synthesize that data with member-specific information. This provides physicians with actionable and personalized insights at the point of care, offering suggestions for medications and dosages as well as the need for tests or referrals, among others, to ultimately improve health outcomes. Clover Health is merging with... Read More »
Molina Healthcare Acquires Affinity Health Plan
It has been an eventful year for Molina Healthcare (NYSE: MOH). With two acquisitions already on the books for 2020, the company has announced a third. Last week, Molina Healthcare purchased New York-based Affinity Health Plan for $380 million in cash, net of expected tax benefits. Affinity is a Medicaid managed care organization serving members in New York City, Westchester, Orange, Nassau, Suffolk and Rockland counties in New York. The organization currently has 284,000 members and premium revenues of $1.3 billion. The acquisition expands Molina’s market in New York and is immediately accretive to adjusted earnings per share. Molina Healthcare last announced a deal in July for... Read More »