Consolidation in Employer HealthTech with Chris Michalak and Steven Wardell

There's been massive innovation and entry into the Employer HealthTech sector and now consolidation is playing out. The endgame is near.

The right combination of health benefits provided by employers can attract and retain talent, build company identity and morale, promote better health and productivity among employees, and bend the medical cost trend downward over time. So for over 20 years employers have been picking and providing innovative mixes of healthcare and programmatic health benefits to employees to earn these advantages. And the market has responded with massive entry of new products, talent, companies, and investment capital.

Now we're seeing emergent winners and losers, changing buyer preferences, maturity of the sector, aggregation of services, and the uptick of consolidation in the industry.

In this show we'll cover:

- The story of the employer healthtech thus far

- Market maturation, changing buyer preferences

- The uptick in consolidaiton and what's next

And we'll answer your questions.

Chris Michalak is the Executive Chairman and former CEO of Personify Health, the leading provider of navigation, wellness, and care management solutions to employers, and he is the former CEO of Buck Consultants.

Steven Wardell is the Managing Partner of Wardell Advisors, a consulting firm focused on growth, fundraising, and strategic alternatives for digital health companies. He is the host of DigitalHealth InvestorTalk and the author of The Future of Digital Health. Follow for digital health insights at X.com/StevenWardell.