PE-Backed HealthComp and Virgin Pulse Merge
HealthComp and Virgin Pulse are merging. The transaction is valued at $3 billion, but officials from the company did not confirm this. The deal will create a single technology platform allowing patients and employers to manage health plans. According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition represents the 207th eHealth transaction of 2023, including 11 in the patient engagement specialty. Virgin Pulse is a digital-first health, wellbeing and navigation company that empowers organizations across the globe to activate populations, improve health outcomes and reduce spending. Virgin Pulse is backed by private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners. HealthComp, a New... Read More »
Datavant Acquires Ciox Health
Private equity-backed Ciox Health has been sold in a $7 billion deal. The buyer was Datavant, a San Francisco-based digital health company that helps healthcare organizations safely link their data to improve medical research and patient care. It is backed by Roivant Sciences, SoftBank Vision Fund and Founders Fund. Ciox Health manages a platform that leverages clinical data to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. The company simply and securely connects healthcare decision-makers with the data and hidden insights in patient medical records. It was a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital. The combined company’s ecosystem of data and analytics will now include... Read More »Convey Health Solutions Sold By PE Firm
After a three-year partnership, New Mountain Capital is selling Convey Health Solutions, Inc. to TPG Capital for an undisclosed amount. According to sources cited by Buyouts.com, New Mountain Capital has been looking for a buyer since last April. The sources also projected Convey Health should generate roughly $50 million EBITDA in 2019, up from $10 million in 2016. The target company provides technology solutions exclusively for government-sponsored health insurance plans such as Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and Employer Group Waiver Plans. The company’s management and other select stakeholders will remain invested in the company. TPG will be getting a robust digital health... Read More »eHealth Deals Remain Active in August
August proved to be another busy month for eHealth transactions. According to our Deal Search Online database, there were 18 acquisitions in the eHealth sector in July 2019, and 17 in August. The most popular targets this month were cloud-based and data-analytics providers. There were eight digital health transactions with that focus, including Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners’ acquisition of THREAD, a virtual research platform used by biopharma, contract research organizations, not-for-profit researchers and life science organizations to capture global clinical study data for clinical studies. Water Street and JLL will invest to further develop and expand... Read More »Schedule a demo
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