Briggs Healthcare to buy SimpleLTC

Briggs Healthcare, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, is acquiring SimpleLTC, a Richardson, Texas-based provider of data analytics and data automation tools for long-term care settings.

Founded in 2003, SimpleLTC offers a portfolio of tools to help nursing homes and post-acute care settings comply with Centers for Mediacre & Medicaid Services regulations and analyze Minimum Data Set (MDS) data. Via the acquisition, briggs Healthcare will be able to expand its long-term care business service line.

"With the acquisition of SimpleLTC, Briggs offers a solution to our customers to unlock the tremendous value of the data they collect and to use that insight to improve their day-to-day operations," said Briggs Healthcare CEO Bruce Dan in a corporate statement.

Under the deal, SimpleLTC will retain its name and brand, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Briggs Healthcare.

Pamela Tabar

Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master’s degree in English from the University of York, England.