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McKesson, Change Healthcare Form New Health IT Entity: 5 Things to Know

by HITC Staff 06/28/2016 Leave a Comment

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McKesson Launches Venture Fund to Invest in Early/Growth Stage Healthcare Companies

McKesson Corporation and Change Healthcare, a provider of software and analytics, network solutions and technology-enabled services have teamed up to create a new healthcare IT company. The combined company includes all of Change Healthcare’s business and the majority of McKesson Technology Solutions (MTS) totaling $3.4 billion in revenue. By creating a new health IT company focused on healthcare IT and services, the merger is expected to generate in excess of $150 million in annual synergies by the second year following the close of the transaction.

Here are five things to know about the new combined company: 

1. The new company will be able to offer health plans and providers a comprehensive suite of end-to-end financial and payment solutions and technologies. In addition, customers will benefit from solutions that help them manage administrative and clinical complexity as they navigate the transition to value-based care.

2. Under the terms of our agreement, McKesson will contribute the majority of its McKesson Technology Solutions businesses to the new company, with the exception of RelayHealth Pharmacy and its Enterprise Information Solutions (EIS) division, which will be retained by McKesson. McKesson separately announced today that it will explore strategic alternatives for its EIS division.

3. Change Healthcare will contribute all of its businesses to the new company, with the exception of its pharmacy switch and prescription routing business, which will be owned separately by the current Change Healthcare stockholders. Change Healthcare is currently majority-owned by Blackstone.

4. McKesson will own approximately 70% of the new company, with the remaining equity stake held by Change Healthcare stockholders, which includes Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman. McKesson and Change Healthcare stockholders will jointly govern the new company and John H. Hammergren will serve as chairman.

5. The new company has received commitments for $6.1 billion of funded debt related to this transaction, with proceeds to be used to repay approximately $2.7 billion of existing Change Healthcare debt, make $1.25 billion in cash payments to McKesson and make $1.75 billion in cash payments to Change Healthcare’s stockholders, with the remainder to be used for transaction-related expenses.

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