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Less Is More: Why Matt Holt Is Making a $30B Bet on Simplified Health Tech

Matt Holt, former New Mountain Capital executive, is exploring a $30 billion deal to combine five health tech startups into a single platform called Thoreau. The venture would set out to simplify and integrate services across payers, providers and data — and if completed, it would rank among the largest private equity-backed health tech companies ever. Time will tell if this massive consolidation ever gets completed or translates into real value — or if it's just another bet on scale.

By Katie Adams

MedCity Influencers

Is Your Cardiac Clinic Ready for Reimbursement Cuts? Four Ways to Fortify Revenue

Ultimately, these strategies prepare clinics to refocus on their primary mission. The goal is to remove the formulaic work through automation and logic, freeing clinicians to perform the high-value clinical work they were trained to do.

By Todd Butka

Why One Healthcare Founder Never Took Venture Capital

Randy Bolyga, founder CEO of RXNT, built his medical software company without venture capital, relying instead on SBA loans and a conservative, cash-positive growth strategy. He believes many venture capital-backed healthcare startups fail because they chase rapid growth without sustainable business models or a deep understanding of the market.

By Katie Adams

MedCity Influencers

Preserving Profitability: Why Financial Redundancy Is Vital in Healthcare

While hospitals have contingency plans for events like power outages and extreme weather — backup generators, secondary chillers, and fiber for internet coverage — they can typically neglect vulnerabilities in the revenue cycle. Here are five proactive measures for hospitals and revenue cycle management/clearing house partners.

By Greg Surla

Providers

Healthcare Is a Frontier Not Even Walmart Could Conquer — And It’s Not Looking Great For Others Either

Walmart’s decision to shutter its healthcare division reflects just how difficult it is to achieve profitability in the primary care and telehealth markets. Experts think retailers simply aren’t prepared to handle the bevy of challenges that come along with delivering healthcare — but could this news also be a sign of the system being broken?

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

Growth or Profitability: Which One Do Investors Care More About?

In the venture capital community, there’s a bit of a debate about what matters more to digital health investors in today's fundraising environment — growth or profitability. Cathy Gao, a partner at Sapphire Ventures, thinks VCs are still putting a premium on growth, but she noted that the conversation is very nuanced.

By Katie Adams