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.
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Alabama hospital names COO
Keon Blackledge has been appointed COO of Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. In the role, Mr. Blackledge will work with hospital leadership to


