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Carlyle to buy major stake in Knack Global

Carlyle Group will acquire a majority stake in RCM vendor Knack Global in a $500 million deal.

CentralReach Expands Its Market-Leading Platform to Enable Outcomes-Based Care with Acquisitions of AI.Measures and SpectrumAi; Dr. Tom Frazier Joins as Chief Clinical Officer and Ling Shao as SVP, Outcomes-Based Care

Autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities care software vendor CentralReach acquires SpectrumAi and AI.Measures.

Medallion Raises $43 Million to Expand AI Infrastructure and Launch the First National Credentialing Clearinghouse

Provider credentialing company Medallion announces $43 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to $130 million.

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