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Zelis To Acquire Healthcare Transparency Leader Sapphire Digital

Sep 14, 2021•almost 4 years ago

Acquiring Company

Zelis

Acquired Company

Sapphire Digital

PaymentsFinancial ServicesHealth CareHealth CareSoftware

Description

Zelis, a leading payments company in healthcare, announced today it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sapphire Digital (“Sapphire”), the healthcare industry’s leading platform for provider selection, patient access, price transparency, and digital consumer navigation. More than 100 million people rely on Sapphire to help them price, select and access care with confidence. As part of the transaction, the Sapphire leadership team will join Zelis to help lead the combined company’s healthcare consumer solutions business.

Company Information

Company

Zelis

About

As a leading payments company in healthcare, we price, pay, and explain healthcare for payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. Zelis was founded on the belief that there is a better way to determine the cost of a healthcare claim, manage payment-related data, and make the payment. We partner with more than 700 payers, including the top-5 national health plans, Blues plans, regional health plans, TPAs and self-insured employers, 1.5 million providers and millions of members, enabling the healthcare industry to pay for care, with care. For more information, visit zelis.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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