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Digital healthcare leader iRhythm Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vital Connect, Inc. for approximately $287.5M.The transaction consideration consists of $237.5 million in cash (funded from iRhythm's balance sheet) and $50M in iRhythm common stock, with up to $30M in interim working capital financing provided prior to closing.The acquisition expands iRhythm's flagship Zio cardiac monitoring portfolio by adding VitalConnect's FDA-cleared
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M&A: Health Catalyst Closes $147M Sale of Vitalware to Med-Metrix
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Healthcare intelligence leader Health Catalyst, Inc. completed the sale of its mid-revenue cycle business, Vitalware, LLC, to Med-Metrix, LLC on July 31, 2026.The divestiture generated $147M in total cash consideration, subject to customary adjustments.Health Catalyst combined the net proceeds with cash on hand to fully repay and retire its credit facility, eliminating approximately $19M in annual GAAP interest expense.Capital and operational focus will pivot toward
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M&A: Unite Us Acquires Vircho Health to Advance Performance Analytics for Community Care Networks
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Social care coordination leader Unite Us has acquired Vircho Health, a technology platform providing performance, quality, and financial accountability analytics for community care networks. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.The acquisition includes the full Vircho Health team, led by co-founders Craig Manson and Evan Jones.The deal transitions Unite Us from proving that a social service occurred (closed-loop referrals) to providing intelligent
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Solventum Announces Intent to Separate Health Information Systems Business
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Solventum announced its intent to separate its Health Information Systems (HIS) business to sharpen focus as a pure-play MedTech provider centered on MedSurg and Dental Solutions.The Health Information Systems division generates $1.4B in annual sales, is deployed across 30+ countries, serves over 75% of U.S. hospitals, and processes roughly 660 million clinical documents monthly.Management operates within a ~$10 billion addressable market growing at 5–6% annually,
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Hinge Health to Acquire Cylinder Health for $105M to Launch Integrated GI Care Program
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Digital health provider Hinge Health, Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire virtual-first digestive care company Cylinder Health, Inc. for $105M in cash.The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.Cylinder Health brings an established commercial footprint covering nearly 100 enterprise clients across two million lives, partnerships with two of the three largest PBMs, and commercial relationships
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M&A: Doctronic Acquires Virtual Pediatric Platform Summer Health to Expand AI Primary Care
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AI-native primary care company Doctronic has acquired virtual, text-based pediatric care platform Summer Health to extend its clinical platform from birth through adulthood.The acquisition integrates Summer Health’s proprietary repository of more than 100,000 real-world pediatric text interactions into Doctronic’s clinical data architecture to train pediatric-specific conversational AI models.Summer Health founder and CEO Ellen DaSilva joins Doctronic as Senior Vice
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M&A: Included Health to Acquire Clinically-Integrated Health Plan Firefly Health
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All-in-one healthcare delivery firm Included Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire clinically integrated health plan and advanced primary care provider Firefly Health, with closure targeted for Q3 2026.The combined entity pairs Included Health’s AI-native navigation platform with Firefly’s NCQA-accredited advanced primary care model, dynamic benefit design, and a nationwide network of 2,300+ in-person, in-home, and specialty partners.Across its full
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Healthcare Growth Partners Releases July 2026 Health IT Market Review: Key Valuations and M&A Benchmarks
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U.S. Health IT M&A and buyout volume rebounded in Q2 2026 to 121 announced transactions after averaging 101 transactions across Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, according to Healthcare Growth Partners’ July 2026 Health IT Market Review report. The HGP Health IT Revenue Multiple recovered to 4.7x revenue by the end of Q2 2026 after dropping from 5.3x down to 3.7x in April.Health IT demonstrated strong resilience during the "SaaSpocalypse," outperforming broader Enterprise
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M&A: Focus to Acquire Managed Services Provider GuideIT
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Healthcare managed IT platform Focus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Plano, Texas-based GuideIT. Post-closing, the entity will operate as GuideIT, A Focus Company.The transaction is designed to replace the fragmented model of multi-vendor IT management—where health systems juggle separate providers for cloud, cybersecurity, and EHR support—with a single, accountable operating partner.GuideIT brings over twenty years of operational delivery, spanning managed
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M&A: SpinSci Acquires Dialog Health to Expand AI-Powered Patient Access Platform Across Voice and Text
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Dallas-based agentic AI leader SpinSci has formally acquired Franklin, Tenn.-based patient and staff engagement provider Dialog Health.The deal bridges SpinSci’s proprietary, AI-driven voice access and contact center automation tools with Dialog Health’s two-way SMS, Rich Communication Services (RCS), and automated outreach platform.Dialog Health brings a proven track record to the platform, including an 82% reduction in 90-day readmissions, a 92% decrease in
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