Amwell® divests virtual psychiatric care business to Avel eCare in all-cash transaction
January 09 2025 - 8:00AM
Amwell® (NYSE: AMWL), a global leader in digital care, today
announced it has sold its Amwell Psychiatric Care (APC) business to
Avel eCare, a national leading provider of clinician-to-clinician
telehealth services.
With the divestiture of APC, a virtual psychiatric care service
that Amwell purchased in 2019, Amwell continues to sharpen its
focus on key growth areas, driving greater efficiencies and
fulfilling clients’ digital care ambitions. Throughout its nearly
20-year history, Amwell has continuously adapted to market demands
by leveraging its technology and healthcare expertise to enable
clients to deliver high-quality care. The company’s decision to
divest APC reinforces its culture of agility and commitment to
meeting clients’ virtual care needs.
“The divestment of APC will enable us to increase focus on our
unified, world class digital care platform. The transaction
strengthens our balance sheet while emphasizing our focus on
growing accretive software contribution in our product mix,” said
Ido Schoenberg, M.D., Amwell chairman and CEO. “We’re confident
Avel eCare will be a wonderful home for our APC business and will
continue to offer great value to clients. Their expertise in
telehealth and shared commitment to innovation make them the ideal
organization to carry forward this important work. We look forward
to exploring collaborative ways for Amwell and Avel to serve
patients and communities together.”
Avel eCare is purchasing the APC business for approximately
$21M in cash at closing and an additional earn-out payment. The
sale includes APC technology, personnel and Asana, the psychiatric
clinical network affiliated with Amwell that employs and contracts
with APC clinicians.
Through Amwell Medical Group® (AMG), the company’s affiliated
clinical partner, Amwell remains committed to delivering accessible
and convenient behavioral health services, including AMG Therapy
Services and SilverCloud® by Amwell digital behavioral health. AMG
will continue to be integrated into the Amwell suite of digital
care solutions to complement clients’ clinical staffing needs.
“This transaction enables us to place an even greater focus on
our mission of connecting and empowering providers, insurers and
innovators to deliver more accessible, affordable and high-quality
care," said Schoenberg. “It also fortifies our confidence in our
stated goal to achieve positive cash flow in 2026.”
Amwell reiterated its guidance for 2024, which calls for:
- Revenue in the range of $247 million and $252 million
- Adjusted EBITDA in the range of ($137) million and ($142)
million
- AMG visits between 1.4 million and 1.5 million
About AmwellAmwell is a leading hybrid care
delivery enablement platform in the United States and globally,
connecting and enabling providers, payers, patients and innovators
to deliver greater access to more affordable, higher quality care.
Amwell believes that hybrid care delivery will transform
healthcare. We offer a single, comprehensive platform to support
all digital health needs from urgent to acute and post-acute care,
as well as chronic care management and healthy living. With nearly
two decades of experience, Amwell powers the digital care of more
than 50 health plans, which collectively represent more than 100
million covered lives, and many of the nation’s largest health
systems. For more information, please visit
https://business.amwell.com/.
©2025 American Well Corporation. All rights reserved. Amwell®,
SilverCloud®, Amwell Converge™, Carepoint™, Amwell Medical Group®
and the Amwell logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
American Well Corporation.
About Avel eCare Avel eCare is a national
leader in telemedicine with over 30 years of experience delivering
high-quality care across diverse communities. Its services span
EMS, ER, Critical Care, Pharmacy, and Behavioral Health. Since
launching its Behavioral Health services in 2017 and Crisis
Care
in 2019, Avel has led the way in innovative healthcare
solutions, providing clinician-to-clinician support and ensuring
patients receive the care they need, wherever they are.
For more information:
Media
Angela Vogen
press@amwell.com
Investors
Sue Dooley
Sue.Dooley@amwell.com
415.602.9167
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