Industry Bulletins | July 3, 2019
UnitedHealth Group Acquires PatientsLikeMe
UnitedHealth Group has acquired online patient community portal, PatientsLikeMe. As part of the acquisition, the startup will now become part of UnitedHealth Group’s research arm that focuses on health care improvements and innovation. This announcement comes after stories circulated in April that PatientsLikeMe was seeking a new buyer due to concerns of foreign investment and influence.
According to Jamie Heywood, chief executive officer of PatientsLikeMe, UnitedHealth Group was chosen as the company shares the same mission to improve health outcomes at the individual level and to increase the efficacy of health care outcomes. Additionally, no changes to the PatientLikeMe . . .