Digital health company naviHealth was acquired by Optum/United Health Group for $2.5 billion on May 22, 2020, as announced. naviHealth was founded just 8 years ago!

As a Digital Healthcare Company, naviHealth has been HUGELY successful from a business valuation perspective. Their success stemmed from 4 factors:

1) Solvable problem: hospital readmissions

2) Risk premiums for the Medicare Advantage population

3) A very experienced investor in Thomas Scully of the private equity firm Welsh Carson

4) Software + their own employees at the Point-of-Care

Sources: https://mailchi.mp/f2774a4ad1ea/the-weekly-gist-may-22-2020?e=7b90169bf4, https://www.venturenashville.com/early-exit-welsh-carson-backed-navihealth-said-sold-to-cardinal-health-cms-1148, https://www.wcas.com/firm/team/thomas-a-scully

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