Mergers & Acquisitions
2022 Look Ahead
It's a seismic acquisition, one that was first floated more than 13 years ago. Now that it's finally happening (pending regulatory approval), observers assess the deal and offer thoughts on what's next.
Damo Consulting CEO Paddy Padmanabhan discusses the significance of the $28.3 billion acquisition and predicts some next steps.
"Traditional risk-adjustment solutions have rapidly outgrown their retrospective-only payer use cases," Edifecs' CEO said.
The database giant says it plans to expand the company's global footprint as it invests big in healthcare – the "largest and most important vertical market in the world."
The two companies are "in talks" for a deal that could be worth as much as $30 billion, according to the report.
The $17 billion deal marks the second time the cloud health IT vendor has been acquired in the past three years.
Also, Graphnet acquires patient monitoring specialist Docobo
The mobile electronic health record company will join EverCommerce's suite of healthcare-focused tools.