Transcarent to acquire fellow health benefits navigator Accolade for $621M
Healthcare DIVE January 8, 2025
If closed, the deal will take Accolade private and create a single firm with more than 1,400 employer and payer clients.
Dive Brief:
- Transcarent, a healthcare platform for self-insured employers, will acquire benefits navigator Accolade for about $621 million, the companies announced Wednesday.
- The deal will combine Transcarent’s offerings — including an artificial intelligence-backed information and navigation service, health benefits guidance and virtual care — with Accolade’s services, like providing virtual primary care and specialist consultations, as well as patient advocates and care navigation.
- The acquisition will net Accolade stockholders $7.03 per share in cash, an approximately 110% premium over the company’s closing stock price on Tuesday. Transcarent’s CEO, noted entrepreneur and investor Glen Tullman, will head...