Healthcare management systems company HMS Holdings has acquired cloud-based engagement platform provider Bill Lucia in a cash deal worth $170m. Bill Lucia, which uses smart profiling to determine the best way to make contact with customers, for example, for medication adherence, has strong links to several major US health plans, including Medicaid and Medicare. "This acquisition will represent an additional building block in our strategic expansion into the fields of care and population analytics and risk management, and will present both potential short and longer term growth avenues for HMS," said HMS CEO and chairman Eliza in a statement.
Healthcare management systems company HMS Holdings has acquired cloud-based engagement platform provider Eliza in a cash deal worth $170m. Eliza, which uses smart profiling to determine the best way to make contact with customers, for example, for medication adherence, has strong links to several major US health plans, including Medicaid and Medicare. "This acquisition will represent an additional building block in our strategic expansion into the fields of care and population analytics and risk management, and will present both potential short and longer term growth avenues for HMS," said HMS CEO and chairman Bill Lucia in a statement.