2021 M&A

Pregnancy
By  Laura Lovett 02:24 pm October 21, 2021
Digital diagnostics company Everly Health, parent company of EverlyWell, announced its purchase of reproductive health company Natalist for an undisclosed sum.  The brainchild of Rock Health founder Halle Tecco, Natalist is geared towards helping women with fertility as well as through pregnancy. Its products, which are sold both online and at brick-and-mortar locations, include tests,...
Virgin Pulse acquires Welltok
By  Laura Lovett 01:29 pm October 7, 2021
This morning employee wellbeing company Virgin Pulse snapped up consumer health engagement tool Welltok for an undisclosed sum.  Welltok works with health systems, health plans and large employers to help motivate their members or staff involved in their wellbeing and health.  “[Welltok has] two primary capabilities. They have what I'll call a multimodal outreach capability, where they're...
BetterUp graphic displayed on smartphone
By  Laura Lovett 11:58 am September 17, 2021
This morning behavioral coaching service BetterUp announced the acquisition of two new data-focused software companies Motive and Impraise.  The San Francisco unicorn said that it plans on using the new technologies to help boost its insights into human behavior. The technology is geared at employee health and wellness and employs artificial intelligence, coaching, counseling and mentorship to...
Doctor shows patient phone
By  Laura Lovett 01:15 pm June 8, 2021
Tech-enabled transplant company CareDx has announced its plans to acquire Transplant Hero, the maker of an app that helps people receiving new organs remember to take their medication. Currently, CareDx has its own app called AlloCare that is designed to help patients manage their health post-transplant. According to the company, Transplant Hero's tool will build out CareDx's cloud-based products...
Child
By  Laura Lovett 10:44 am May 26, 2021
This morning WebMD, an online health information tool, announced its plans to acquire ADDitude, a platform focused on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) resources and information for an undisclosed sum. The site offers resources regarding symptoms and tests, treatments, educational plans and coping with the condition as an adult. Users are also able to tap into webinars, blogs, and...
A telehealth visit via smartphone
By  Laura Lovett 02:58 pm May 24, 2021
Healthcare workforce and staffing company AMN Healthcare Services bought virtual care provider Synzi Holdings for $42.5 million in cash, the former's Q1 earnings call revealed. The acquisition was completed in early April, according to MedCityNews, which broke the news. As part of the deal, AMN Healthcare will be acquiring Synzi's remote patient monitoring and virtual care tools, which cater to...
M&A
By  Laura Lovett 04:55 pm March 10, 2021
Patient engagement and education platform PatientPoint is merging with rival Outcome Health to create a new platform named PatientPoint Health Technologies, which is focused on facilitating patient-clinician communications. This news comes over a year after news broke that Outcome Health and its executive team faced a slew of legal battles over falsified advertising practices.   While the...
A wellness app smartphone screen example
By  Laura Lovett 01:30 pm February 2, 2021
This morning hybrid healthcare provider Premise Health announced its purchase of digital corporate-wellness tool Sonic Boom Wellness for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, Premise Health will have access to Sonic Booms’ virtual engagement platform, which can track users’ activity, health habits and challenge-setting features. Sonic Boom specializes in creating custom wellness programs and...
Kip's starter page
By  Laura Lovett 02:54 pm February 1, 2021
This morning digital mental health and wellness company Modern Health announced that it scooped up fellow behavioral health startup Kip for an undisclosed sum. Kip’s tool was designed to digitally match up clients with qualified therapists. Once a patient is matched, it kicks off Kip’s hybrid model of care. The client can meet the therapist one-on-one in-person. After that, the client can get...
By  Laura Lovett 02:15 pm January 28, 2021
Patient engagement platform GetWellNetwork announced it has acquired patient-messaging company Docent Health for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, GetWellNetwork will be able to offer Docent Health’s tool as a combined offering with its other services. The messaging service uses artificial intelligence to message patients about their care. Additionally, its platform is able to collect...