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Impact Advisors Announces Acquisition of Canopii Collaborative
Partnership Expands Consulting Firm’s Health Plan Capabilities
Impact Advisors announced it has acquired Canopii Collaborative, a fast-growing healthcare consulting firm specializing in Epic payer, revenue cycle, and managed services solutions.
This strategic acquisition enhances Impact Advisors’ ability to deliver comprehensive, value-driven solutions across both payer and provider organizations, while accelerating its expansion in the rapidly growing Epic payer ecosystem.
“Bringing the Canopii team into our organization represents a significant step forward in our strategy to deepen our capabilities in the health plan space,” said Andy Smith, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Impact Advisors. “Canopii has built an impressive reputation as a leader in Epic payer and revenue cycle services, with a differentiated model and strong momentum in the market. Together, we will be even better positioned to help our clients navigate complexity, improve performance, and drive innovation.”
Founded in 2021, Canopii has quickly emerged as one of the fastest-growing Epic-focused consulting firms in the country, with deep expertise in the Epic payer platform (Tapestry), revenue cycle transformation, and application managed services. The firm is known for its strong team of former Epic professionals, scalable delivery model, and proprietary accelerators that drive measurable outcomes for clients. Last year, Canopii was ranked the 67th-fastest-growing US company on the Inc. 5000 list.
The combination of Impact Advisors and Canopii creates a uniquely positioned organization with expanded capabilities across strategy, implementation, and ongoing operations. Canopii’s integrated payer and provider approach – often referred to as “payvider” alignment – complements Impact Advisors’ broad consulting portfolio and enables more seamless, end-to-end transformation for healthcare organizations.
“Joining Impact Advisors is an exciting next chapter for our team,” said Brent Benner, Co-Founder and President at Canopii Collaborative…
Full release here, originally announced May 4th, 2026.
Carlyle Acquires Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM to Create an AI-Native, Global Multi-Specialty Healthcare RCM Platform
Global investment firm Carlyle today announced it has acquired a majority stake in Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM, two leading U.S. healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) providers, to create an AI-native, global, multi-specialty RCM platform. Equity for the investment will come from investment funds affiliated with Carlyle Asia Partners VI (CAP VI) and Carlyle Asia Partners Growth II (CAPG II). The terms of the transaction are not disclosed. Rajiv Sharma, Founder of Knack RCM, and Nagi Rao, Founder of EqualizeRCM, will remain invested in the platform through a reinvestment of a portion of their proceeds.
Knack and Equalize are complementary healthcare RCM providers serving physician groups, durable medical equipment (DME) providers, rural hospitals, and other specialty provider segments. Together, they bring deep, specialty-specific expertise across DME, anaesthesia, eyecare, behavioural health, rural hospitals, urgent care, and multi-specialty physician groups.
The combined platform is expected to enhance operational scale and diversification, broaden the delivery footprint, strengthen leadership depth, and help accelerate AI capabilities to enhance outcomes for clients. Knack contributes scaled, global delivery across the U.S., India, and the Philippines, anchored by an intelligent, end-to-end revenue engine powered by its orchestration platform, Workmate. EqualizeRCM complements this with its established delivery scale in the U.S. and India, alongside a proprietary payer enrollment platform and advanced AI-driven tools—such as Bill Smart for denial prediction and avoidance— that are purpose-built for hospitals, urgent care, and targeted specialty segments. Equalize’s AI-native platform, built on large language models and agentic AI, has demonstrated proven commercial traction, including the displacement of established, large-scale vendor contracts at leading DME manufacturers.
Kapil Modi, Partner at Carlyle India Advisors, said, “The U.S. healthcare revenue cycle market is growing rapidly, driven by margin compression, workforce shortages, and the shift to value-based care. Carlyle has significant experience in scaling RCM platforms to achieve market leadership, and we believe Knack and Equalize stand out as leaders with their AI-native, specialty‑focused, and outcomes‑driven approach, which aligns well with the growing needs and demand in healthcare RCM.”
Rajiv Sharma, Founder of Knack RCM, said, “Carlyle has been a trusted partner to Knack, bringing not only capital but also valuable expertise in healthcare and RCM. The addition of Equalize is a progression of this partnership and strengthens the value we provide to our clients.”
Nagi Rao, Founder of EqualizeRCM, said, “Our clients, particularly rural hospitals and behavioural health providers, face immense pressure in sustaining margins and ensuring access to care…
Full release here, originally announced May 4th, 2026.
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