In a quick turn of events, SwervePay has acquired StatPayMD, which has an app that helps patients understand their out-of-pocket costs for a medical service.
It gives us great happiness to report that HealthJoy, a "virtual health care guide" has raised $3 million for virtually nothing.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-healthjoy-startup-funding-gohealth-20160406-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=28168114&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_gncc-8RldRNLU5g6BmS-iHIRBrf25Ex7_sQH_gbn7QGofcCs098uw9DDxIqVLUZtBumLzCD2dYBaHLNeXdMAFYxvd_ECZhNq9_U3gFv8LaCdVL6M&_hsmi=28168114Inventiv, which was public once before, is going that way again, hoping to raise up to $500 million in an IPO.
http://www.fiercecro.com/story/inventiv-go-public-hopes-raise-500-million/2016-04-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpVME5HTXpZemM0WVdOayIsInQiOiJpMkt2RXlkXC9cL1NacUMxZW03YnQ0cytNTW03enZucHB3T1ZOQ1pXVmVQXC9CMFg2c1M5QXgzVFY0SFFUUzZiMWxxU2s4NWVTaVFjbzB4dnBicVZUbzZ6UTJ3V3o3KzRcL0l3dkZFMGV4Qk1VWEk9In0%253DAnother new-style insurer has a bright idea, as Bright Health shines in raising $80 million to begin selling policies in one state, with hopes of expanding to five.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160406/NEWS/160409913?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160406-NEWS-160409913&utm_campaign=financedailyHealth care administrative process software vendor Ability Network is buying eHealth Data Solutions, which provides revenue cycle management software for long-term and post-acute care providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/ability-buys-ehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=af1b5c4ea2-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-af1b5c4ea2-408793005WellStar, a local hospital chain in Georgia, is buying five Atlanta area hospitals from Tenet for $575 million, a transaction that should be blocked.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160401/NEWS/160409991?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160401-NEWS-160409991&utm_campaign=amEHR vendor Allscripts is buying a stake in Netsmart Technologies, a vendor of behavioral health software. In a complex transaction, Allscripts home health software will be combined with Netsmart to create a company also partly owned by a PE firm.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160323/NEWS/160329959/allscripts-is-buying-stake-in-netsmart-technologiesBivarus, which uses patient-generated data to help providers identify improvement areas, has garnered $2 million in new capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/bivarus-patient-centered-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0d4d864c31-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-0d4d864c31-408793005Maxwell is getting smart; Maxwell Health that is, as the vendor of software relating to employer health plans raises $22 million in new capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/maxwell-health-series-c/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=96663e17c0-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-96663e17c0-408793005Piecing together fragments of information, we have learned that Pieces Technology has pieced together $21.6 million in fresh investment in piecemeal fashion to further its clinical decision support software business. Now don't go to pieces.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/clinical-decision-support-startup/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=80ae43ce5c-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-80ae43ce5c-408793005&rf=1About this Blog
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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