Mergers & Acquisitions

Kaiser and Geisinger join to form Risant Health while eVisit acquires complementary digital engagement technology and Verisma merges with ScanSTAT.

It plans to focus instead on accelerating the deployment of its medical IT solutions.

The New Jersey Health Information Network earns MED certification from CMS, while Ohio exchanges merge. After making mental health privacy changes, Oklahoma sends new HIE rules to state lawmakers.

There's been a softening of healthcare organizations' confidence in the vendor, researchers say, with customers expressing concerns about a post-acquisition roadmap and dissatisfaction with communication around the RevElate RCM platform.

The commission cites strained resources due in large part to healthcare mergers and patient data privacy challenges as a justification for a big increase over 2023 levels to support the Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Consumer Protections. 

From mega-mergers to matchmaking, here are a few of the deal-making trends that bear watching as the healthcare and health IT industries continue to navigate an era of disruption and change.