DUOS, the performance infrastructure for health plans, today announced its acquisition of Linkwell Health, strengthening the end-to-end system DUOS has built to turn health plan investments into realized member outcomes. Following the acquisition, DUOS expands its footprint to more than 20 health plans nationwide and extends its reach to one in five U.S. adults.
“Health plans have spent years adding benefits and buying point solutions. The hard part was never access. It was follow-through,” said Karl Ulfers, CEO and Co-Founder of DUOS. “The return gets lost in the gap between what’s designed and what members actually do. That is the follow-through gap, and it is one of the most expensive inefficiencies in healthcare. Competitors converge data. DUOS connects with the member and closes the loop. With this acquisition, we are widening that moat and strengthening the infrastructure layer health plans use to drive performance.”
“Linkwell has long focused on helping members engage, and we built a strong business doing it,” said Nathan Adams, Chief Business Officer at DUOS and former CEO of Linkwell Health. “Joining DUOS extends that strength across everything that happens next in the member journey. DUOS owns that follow-through: the enrollment, the visit, the closed gap. For existing Linkwell clients, this is a natural evolution, a direct path from the member activation they already rely on to the measurable outcomes that improve plan performance.”
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