M&A: IKS Health Acquires AQuity Solutions for $200M

What You Should Know: 

– IKS Health, the premier global solution that revitalizes the clinician-patient relationship acquires AQuity Solutions, a tech-enabled clinical documentation, medical coding, and revenue integrity solutions for healthcare, as a wholly-owned subsidiary for $200M.

– The combined company, which will operate as IKS Health, will have annual revenues of $330+ million, as well as a global workforce of over 14,000 employees serving over 150,000 clinicians in many of the largest hospitals, health systems, and specialty groups in the United States.

Acquisition Advances IKS Health’s Care Enablement Platform

IKS Health’s market leadership in the ambulatory market will be coupled with AQuity’s market leadership in the acute care market to create an entity that enables Clinicians and their Enterprises to deliver better, safer, more efficient care across the continuum of care delivery. This acquisition advances IKS Health’s Care Enablement Platform, consisting of technology and service offerings that span Revenue Optimization, Clinical Support, Value-based care, and Digital Health solutions. Specifically, AQuity’s rich datasets enable IKS to rapidly mature and scale its proprietary AI solutions with critical expertise and guidance from Reinforced Learning Through Human Feedback (RLHF). 

By alleviating these administrative, clinical, and financial burdens, IKS empowers clinicians to focus on their core purpose: delivering exceptional care. As margin pressures increase, IKS also helps healthcare enterprises meet the moment with advanced, proactive solutions that reduce costs and increase top line growth. IKS’s ability to enable financially sustainable healthcare enterprises is critical in the current environment of resource scarcity.

“Healthcare is in crisis, one that is deepening from all sides. Financial instability, large-scale staffing challenges, and the precarious health status of so many Americans all call for deeper, more comprehensive solutions that address these root issues,” said Sachin K. Gupta, Founder and CEO of IKS Health. “Delivering better, safer care is everyone’s top priority—but too often, the ‘chores’ of healthcare get in the way of that core purpose. To help turn the tide amidst this state of crisis, we firmly believe that revitalizing the clinician-patient relationship and helping our partners thrive financially are both fundamental.”

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