Chicago (August 20, 2026)—Ashurst Perkins Coie is pleased to be advising R1, an industry leader in managing and intelligently automating healthcare revenue cycle management, on its acquisition of Humata Health, an AI-powered company focused on touchless prior authorization solutions.
A cross-practice team is guiding R1 through the transaction, which will help advance the company’s strategy to efficiently automate the healthcare revenue cycle to support deeper collaboration between payers and providers. For further information, see R1’s announcement here.
The Ashurst Perkins Coie team included Partners Nick Ferrer, Sam Hong, Lisa McGimpsey, Christopher Williams, Bryan Smith, Michael Sharkey, and Tomer Vandsburger; Counsels Numaan Deen, Minkeun Woo, and Sara Davey; and Associates Brennan Power, Anna Stacey, Dania Assas, Jessica Cheng, Jacob Booker, Scott Budow, and Christopher Gatzke.
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