
IKS Health eyes US rural healthcare leadership with TruBridge acquisition
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.MUMBAI: Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS Health) aims to be the leader in the US rural healthcare outsourcing market after its acquisition of TruBridge on Thursday, its top executive said.“IKS is in the business of taking away or outsourcing chore tasks from healthcare providers in the US, so that they could focus on their core of taking care of patients…when you look at rural healthcare and RCM (revenue cycle management) within rural healthcare, TrueBridge is the largest player by far,” IKS Health founder and global chief executive officer (CEO) Sachin Gupta told Mint in an interview. “In the rural healthcare market segment, once we combine effectively with TrueBridge, we will be the undisputed leader,” he added.A healthcare outsourcer, like IKS, handles the administrative, clinical and operational tasks, including billing, clinical documentation, and insurance claims processing.On Thursday, IKS Health announced the acquisition of US-based TruBridge Inc, a Nasdaq-listed provider of healthcare technology solutions for rural and community hospitals, for up to $565 million.
The deal, which puts TruBridge at an enterprise value of $557 million, expands the market presence for IKS and also allows it to access a large amount of key healthcare data through TruBridge’s electronic health records (EHR).The deal, through IKS Health’s US subsidiary, will be funded by a loan of up to $670 million secured for a five-year term from a consortium led by Citibank, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase. The deal is expected to be net profit- and earnings per share (EPS)-accretive in FY27, the company said in an investor presentation on Thursday.This is IKS Health’s biggest acquisition, and follows its 2023
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