Avalere, a part of Avalere Health, is a health care business consulting firm headquartered in
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, specializing in strategy, policy, and data analysis for life sciences, health plans, providers, government agencies, and industry associations. The company also publishes research studies on health care issues and the
health care reform debate in the United States
The healthcare reform debate in the United States has been a political issue focusing upon increasing medical coverage, decreasing costs, insurance reform, and the philosophy of its provision, funding, and government involvement.
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History
Avalere was founded as The Health Strategies Consultancy LLC in 2000 by
Dan Mendelson
Dan Mendelson is the CEO of Morgan Health, a business unit of JPMorgan Chase. Previously, he founded Avalere Health, a Washington, D.C.–based strategic advisory company, after serving in the Clinton Administration, Clinton White House. His opinio ...
. In 2008, Mendelson sold a minority interest of the company to
ABS Capital Partners
ABS Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focused on investments in software and tech-enabled services businesses across a range of industries, including FinTech, Healthcare, EdTech, eCommerce, cybersecurity, and Smart Cities. Found ...
, a Baltimore, Maryland–based private equity firm. On September 1, 2015,
Inovalon
Inovalon is an American technology company that provides cloud-based tools for healthcare.
History
The company was founded in 1998 in Maryland as MedAssurant by Keith Dunleavy, MD. In June 2012, the company changed its name to Inovalon. The com ...
(Nasdaq: INOV), a leading technology company headquartered in Bowie, Maryland, providing an integrated cloud-based platform that enables healthcare organizations to implement large-scale highly sophisticated data-driven initiatives, acquired Avalere. Avalere operated as a subsidiary with a focus on providing advisory services on market consolidation, cost management, quality improvement, and
managed care
In the United States, managed care or managed healthcare is a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing health insurance while improving the quality of that care. It has become the predominant system o ...
as well as business intelligence and corporate communication strategies. The firm has also published studies on drug plan coverage and managed care plans in the US. Avalere was acquired b
Avalere Health(previously known as Fishawack Health) in June 2022.
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Further reading
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2000 establishments in Washington, D.C.
American companies established in 2000
Companies based in Washington, D.C.
Consulting firms established in 2000
Health care management