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Feb 26 2016

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McKesson, which owns large oncology practice US Oncology, is buying two more firms in the oncology space for $1.2 billion:  Biologics, a cancer specialty pharmacy; and Vantage Oncology, a radiation and other therapy provider.

Feb 25 2016

Hearst Health Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount into Lightbeam Health Solutions, which collects and analyzes data to aid in identifying high cost patients or episodes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/02/hearst-health-adds-population-health-to-portfolio/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8ad03c0606-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-8ad03c0606-408793005&rf=1
Feb 25 2016

Home health condition monitoring firm Healthsense has received an additional $2.5 million in financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/02/healthsense-remote-patient-monitroring/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8ad03c0606-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-8ad03c0606-408793005&rf=1
Feb 23 2016

"Revolutionary" health plan company Oscar has apparently raised $400 million in additional capital at a rumored $2.7 billion valuation.  Fools rush in.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-23/oscar-said-to-be-valued-at-2-7-billion-in-fidelity-led-round?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26530585&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Kbvtt7gNc_rS54l4swr9prbJKICNd9cCkMEMbrcvBEE7dNKhYq8nOESbKrMSYNgKTRfYsMZvAUDY1ZzRw8wYUtKXp-1O0wBvcJ8Ufns9296nBJOA&_hsmi=26530585
Feb 22 2016

So you are a health plan selling policies on the reform law insurance exchanges and you do a lousy actuarial and pricing job and you are losing lots of money; so how to fix that.  Let's screw the doctors by cutting their reimbursement 4.5%; that is exactly what Highmark, a Pennsylvania Blues plan is doing.  Gutless, lame, pathetic; call it whatever you want, the regulators should stop it.  It isn't the doctors' fault that Highmark can't price.

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/10004191-74/highmark-plans-marketplace?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuqrPcu%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4FS8thNa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Feb 18 2016

McKesson's corporate venture capital unit is investing in PokitDoc, which has a platform for health care transactions.  Maybe they will use some of the money to find a normal name.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/mckesson-ventures-has-made-a-strategic-investment-in-pokitdok/
Feb 18 2016

Indicating its seriousness about health care data and analytics, IBM is spending $2.6 billion to buy Truven Health Analytics, which helps providers, employers, plans, life sciences companies and others.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160218/NEWS/160219904?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160218-NEWS-160219904&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Feb 17 2016

Protenus (no, it doesn't support professional tennis) has raised $4 million in new financing for privacy tools for EMRs.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-protenus-seriesa-20160216-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26333286&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9kQxFfPG4KmYN_0fBM28OVhswteGOczTPzeR2UcGY_X3cKZdo5m6ttyV7tq-SLD_8dJzO9cENJIhP-BYZAZBMFnOeF3LwqTOAGr3Z2fX8cVnmr0zM&_hsmi=26333286
Feb 11 2016

PE firm Water Street is selling Health Plan Services to Indian oursourcing firm Wipro for $460 million.  Health Plan Services provides administrative services for insurers and health plans.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/water-street-healthcare-to-sell-healthplan-services-for-460-mln/
Feb 10 2016

SwervePay gets $10 million in fresh capital for its mobile patient payment system.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/swervepay-fetches-10-mln-series-b/
Feb 10 2016

Telemedicine provider First Stop Health has raised $2.1 million in financing.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/first-stop-health-raises-2-1-mln-in-seed-funding/
Feb 08 2016

Home health care franchisor H. H. Franchising Systems (wonder what the H. H. stands for?) has been acquired by PE firm Linsalata Capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/linsalata-capital-acquires-h-h-franchising-systems/
Feb 08 2016

A brief note from Accenture highlights investment in convenient on-demand forms of health care, like video and internet consultations.

https://www.accenture.com/t20151120T024431__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/DotCom/Documents/Global/PDF/Dualpub_25/Accenture-Healthcare-for-Here-or-to-Go-v2.pdf#zoom=50
Feb 08 2016

Sometimes if you aren't doing too well on your own, you can combine with someone else who isn't doing too well.  I have no idea what is behind this combination but four health care management and transaction service companies are merging, Premier Healthcare Exchange, Stratose, GlobalCare and Pay-Plus Solutions, all supposedly industry leaders, so God knows how dominant that new entity will be.

http://www.phx-online.com/2016/01/28/industry-leaders-combine-to-form-unparalleled-company-in-healthcare-value-management/
Feb 06 2016

Concierge health care provider One Medical has added one more medical capability, acquiring Rise, a vendor of nutritional counseling services, supposedly for $20 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/02/one-medical-acquires-nutrion-app-developer-rise/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9fb0a92a06-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-9fb0a92a06-408793005&rf=1
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