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The overall percentage of employers offering coverage is heavily influenced by the fact that small employers are in large part responsible for the decline in coverage, and most employers in the United States are small.
Activity in sectors such as physician medical groups and other services drove much of the volume in the third quarter, with 112 and 140 deals, respectively.
Ninety-seven percent of employers, 86% of health systems and 84% of health plans intend to maintain or increase spending on digital health solutions over the next year.
As a result of Hurricane Helene and the backlog from the suspended dockworkers' strike, "the market will be highly constrained," said Jesse Schafer, executive director of the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative.