Medstreaming, a vendor of software solutions for the cardiology, vascular and radiology specialties, is acquiring Physician Billing Partners which does revenue cycle management for the same vendors.
Healthways, a model history lesson for current hyped companies, has sold its population health unit to Sharecare. It appears that Healthways basically got nothing for the unit.
In a huge announcement with gigantic implications, enormous(ly little) digital health company Big Health, which has a sleep app called Sleepio (I am getting very sleepy, very sleepy), has raised a titanic $12 million in new capital from mammoth investors. oooohhhhh, just what we need, another digital health company.
CMS' hospital stars program is already drawing fire for the same issues as the readmission penalty initiative has--disproportionate punishment of hospitals serving sicker, poorer patients.
Caremerge gets $14 million in additional capital for its care coordination tools aimed at post-acute care.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3343052/
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Docent Health, which offers a platform to help hospitals make patient stays consumer friendly, has added $15 million in fresh funding.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3343120/
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