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Intuit to acquire healthcare communications company Medfusion |
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Intuit Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Medfusion, a Cary, N.C. based company that provides patient-to-provider communications. Medfusion offers enhanced online solutions that enable healthcare providers to offer superior service to their patients while improving office efficiency and generating revenue. The cash transaction is valued at approximately $91 million. Medfusion's online solution helps patients communicate with their providers to schedule appointments, pay bills, request prescription refills, complete medical forms, review lab results and clinical summaries, receive reminders and exchange secure messages for related care and administrative issues.  In its statement, Intuit said that the acquisition will accelerate its healthcare strategy by combining the company's proven track record in creating innovative, easy-to-use consumer and small business solutions with Medfusion's industry-leading patient-to-provider communication solutions. Together the companies will be able to resolve healthcare provider and consumer concerns, such as enabling more effective and efficient patient interactions online, accessing and managing their personal health information and creating more efficient ways for patients to settle and track their healthcare expenses.Medfusion's patient-to-provider communication solution, combined with an electronic health record system, gives patients timely electronic access to their health information. This is one of the current requirements for eligible providers to receive the $44,000 per provider payment funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus bill. After the transaction closes, Intuit will build upon its existing Quicken Health solutions to make it easier for patients to understand their medical bills and for providers to get paid faster. The companies plan to combine Intuit's user interface and design expertise with Medfusion's broader portal offering and bill presentment and payment solutions. Upon closing of the transaction, Stephen Malik, Medfusion's founder and CEO will become a senior vice president and general manager reporting to Intuit CEO Brad Smith. Malik will continue to run Medfusion and will lead Intuit's healthcare business from Medfusion's headquarters in North Carolina, an area considered a hub of healthcare technology innovation and talent. Medfusion already uses Intuit solutions to provide some of its services, offering an an online bill payment solution to its customers using the Intuit Payment Solutions division's software development kit. In addition, Medfusion solutions can be offered to approximately 75,000 Intuit QuickBooks medical practices and thousands of healthcare practices that already use Intuit Websites. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of Intuit's fiscal year 2010, which ends July 31, and is subject to customary closing conditions. Intuit said the acquisition is expected to reduce Intuit's fiscal year 2010 GAAP and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share by approximately 1 cent. Intuit does not expect the acquisition to have a material effect on fiscal year 2011 earnings. |
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