Edifecs acquires NLP startup Talix to expand value-based care and risk-adjustment capabilities

Bellevue-based health software firm Edifecs has acquired San Francisco startup Talix, which uses natural language processing to mine health data for billing, risk adjustment and care management; terms were not disclosed. The deal expands Edifecs’ value-based care offerings and aims to provide end-to-end risk adjustment from insight to submission.