The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response. Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated. Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies. By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments. Health IT
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Dedalus Completes Acquisition of DXC’s Provider Healthcare Business – M&A Analysis
What You Should Know: Last week saw Dedalus complete the purchase of DXC’s healthcare provider business for $450M, a deal that was originally announced in July 2020. - DXC was created in 2017 via the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) - Dedalus has been through a rapid acquisition program over the last ten years acquiring a majority position with France-based Medasys/Noemalife in 2016 and then acquiring the EHR and integrated care
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Sharecare to Go Public in SPAC IPO Deal, Reaching $3.9B Valuation
What You Should Know: - Digital health company Sharecare and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp, today announced an agreement to merge to go public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SHCR at enterprise value of $3.9B. - The transaction is expected to be funded through a combination of Falcon's $345 million of cash in trust (assuming no redemptions) supported by a $425 million fully committed PIPE at $10.00 per share and the Anthem
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Signify Health Shares Soar More Than 33% in IPO, Valuing Company at Over $7.12B
What You Should Know: - Shares of Signify Health, a value-based care billing platform for in-home and bundled health services jumped more than 33% in its initial public offering (IPO), valuing the company at over $7.12B. - Today, Signify Health’s CEO Kyle Armbrester will also join the ranks among the youngest CEOs to ever take a company public – notably alongside Bumble’s CEO who also began trading on the NASDAQ today. - The company raised 564 million by offering 23.5 million
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Carlyle Group, Brighton Park Capital Invest $200M in Indian Health Tech Provider Indegene to Fuel Global Expansion
What You Should Know: - The Carlyle Group and Brighton Park Capital invests $200M in Bangalore, India-based Indegene to accelerate company's global expansion and consolidate its industry-leading position in healthtech solutions. - Founded in 1998 by five first-generation entrepreneurs, Indegene has emerged as the leading digital transformation partner to the global life sciences industry. With more than 3,000 employees across North America, Europe, China, Japan and India, Indegene provides
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Tech-Enabled PBO RxBenefits Reaches $1.1B Valuation After Recapitalization
What You Should Know: - Private equity firm Advent International announced that
it has completed a recapitalization of RxBenefits, the employee benefits
industry’s first and only technology-enabled pharmacy benefits optimizer (PBO). - The transaction values RxBenefits at approximately $1.1
billion. Advent International (“Advent”), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, today announced that it has completed a recapitalization of RxBenefits, the
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M&A: Medsphere Systems Corporation Acquires Micro-Office Systems
What You Should Know: - Medsphere acquires Micro-Office Systems (MOS),
developer of systems integration and communication tools. MOS will retain its
name and will serve as a division of Medsphere moving forward. Medsphere Systems
Corporation today announced the acquisition
of Micro-Office Systems (MOS)
in a move that will even further enhance the value and usability of Medsphere’s
affordable healthcare IT solutions and services. With over 30 years of healthcare
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Analysis: August Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of August 2020. M&A is back and the velocity of the rebound has outpaced all expectations. The recovery quickly worked its way across the spectrum from large to small-cap, beginning with the larger cap NASDAQ rally of nearly 80% from lows in late March (only to soften in recent days), followed by multi-billion
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Maximizing Telehealth Success: How to Optimize Operations & Revenue Cycle Management
In COVID-19’s wake, providers’ financial recovery will be crucial yet daunting. U.S. hospitals and health systems stand to collectively lose $36.6 billion between March and June 2020 alone. Physician practices also face serious financial challenges as they recoup revenues that declined up to 55 percent and patient volume that decreased 60 percent. Amid these hardships, telehealth has emerged as a widely accepted vehicle for care delivery – providing a way for healthcare organizations to
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Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020. While a pandemic ravages the country, technology valuations are soaring. The Nasdaq hit an all-time high during the month of July, sailing through the 10,000 mark to post YTD gains of nearly 20%, representing a 56% increase off the low water mark on March 23. More notably, the Nasdaq has outperformed
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