India’s Firstsource acquires U.S. outsourcer

[OhioChick]

January 04, 2007
Firstsource to pay $40M for health-care claims outsourcing company BPM and its subsidiaries

Indian outsourcer Firstsource Solutions has acquired BPM Inc., a health-care claims outsourcing company in Delaware, and its two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, MedPlans 2000 and MedPlans Partners.

Firstsource paid about $40 million for BPM and its subsidiaries, according to informed sources. The company has not disclosed the acquisition price.

The acquisition of BPM is in line with Firstsource’s strategy to expand in the health-care market. The company already offers database management, policy administration, and claims processing, and will now be able to extend its services to include complex claims adjudication as well, a spokeswoman for Firstsource said Thursday.

BPM currently has over 300 employees across three centers in Rockford, Illinois; Fort Scott, Kansas, and Louisville, Kentucky. Firstsource will not move any of the jobs to India, Firstsource said. The company’s strategy is to offer its clients in the U.S. a choice of having their work done onshore or offshore from India.


http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/04/HNfirstsourcebuysoutsourcer_1.html

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A number of Indian business process outsourcing companies and software services companies are acquiring companies in the U.S. and Europe, to get market access and to offer near-shore services to its customers.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Post-closing of sale of business: BPM had over 300 employees

(in the U.S.)

[sofa king]

2. So, um, does that mean they're going to outsource their jobs back to us now?