The Firm represented Pamplona Capital Management and MedAssets-Precyse in connection with MedAssets-Precyse’s acquisition of Equation, a Utah-based financial and clinical healthcare analytics and consulting company. The transaction will result in an enhanced, end-to-end healthcare financial and clinical business intelligence and analytics solution for the healthcare enterprise.~~The integrated companies offer extensive capabilities to improve organizations’ operational health, grow business and ultimately improve the quality of healthcare. The companies are in the process of becoming fully integrated, a process that is expected to be completed in 2016.~~Pamplona Capital Management is a London and New York based specialist investment manager established in 2005 that provides an alternative investment platform across private equity, fund of hedge funds and single manager hedge fund investments. The combined MedAssets-Precyse enterprise provides end-to-end revenue cycle services, technology and education solutions.~~The Simpson Thacher team includes Patrick Naughton, Kevin Lehpamer and Lauren Sullivan (M&A); Andrew Blau, Eric Wolf and Caitlin Lucey (ECEB); Michael Badain (Tax); and Noah Leibowitz and Linda Nyberg (Intellectual Property).