OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (February 22, 2022)—WellSky, a global health and community care technology company, announced that it intends to acquire TapCloud, a virtual patient engagement technology company that helps patients, caregivers, and clinicians communicate crucial information in real-time to achieve better health outcomes.

FORT WORTH, Texas (February 16, 2022)—VERTESS, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M+A) advisory firm, announced that seasoned M+A professional Anna Elliott, who specializes in high-growth health care technologies such as deep tech, SAAS, artificial intelligence, machine learning and ambient solutions, has joined the company as a managing director and partner.

MISSISSAUGA, On. (February 1, 2022)—PointClickCare Technologies, a health care technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real-time insights, announced its intent to acquire Audacious Inquiry, an industry-shaping connected care platform. The combination of PointClickCare and Audacious Inquiry will help accelerate the companies’ mission to address critical gaps in health care and enable better care for vulnerable patients.

LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO (January 21, 2022)—The UCLA Center for SMART Health, an interdisciplinary collaborative that looks to the integrated transformation of health care through emergent data and technologies, and Hearst Health, a division of Hearst and leader in care guidance, announced their partnership to offer the Hearst Health Prize.

RICHMOND, Va. & INDIANAPOLIS (January 10, 2022)—Owens & Minor, Inc. and Apria, Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Owens & Minor will acquire Apria for $37.50 in cash per share of common stock, representing an equity value of approximately $1.45 billion.

ATLANTA (January 7, 2022)—Sharecare, a digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced that more than 400 Medicare Advantage plans—including several of the nation’s largest payers—are exclusively leveraging its home health platform and network of caregivers, CareLinx by Sharecare, to scale in-home care supplemental benefit programs in 2022.

NEW YORK (January 6, 2022)—Hearst announced it has agreed to acquire CellTrak, a provider of care documentation software solutions in the personal care market. The announcement was made by Steven R. Swartz, Hearst president and CEO; Gregory Dorn, MD, Hearst Health president; Scott Decker, Homecare Homebase president; and Dan Wacker, CellTrak CEO. Terms were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in Q1 of 2022.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (December 10, 2021)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology solutions provider, announced that All Pointe Care, a home health and homecare provider, has chosen the company’s ContinuLink solution and Clinical Edge EVV mobile app to support caregivers in the field. The partnership was formalized following All Pointe’s acquisition of an agency into its care delivery approach.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (December 10, 2021)—Caresmartz has rolled out a major update that allows homecare businesses to quickly gather insights and represent them into a format of choice for growth and success.

CareSmartz360, a homecare software solution, opened up a whole new realm of custom reporting, bringing the company one step closer to providing homecare providers with a truly comprehensive solution for everything homecare.