Optum, the non-health plan business of UnitedHealth Group, is purchasing Alere Health, the division on Alere that provides wellness programs for employers and health plan enrollees, for a massive $600 million. The acquisitions which led to Alere Health had been ill-timed for Alere and outside its core business and the company is fighting off a hostile takeover.
Practice Fusion, a vendor of cloud-based EHRs, has captured an additional $2.5 million from investors.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/10/cloud-ehr-developer-practice-fusion-raises-2-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b623312471-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-b623312471-67648197TeamHealth, the health care staffing company, has acquired PhysAssist, which offers scribe services to physicians.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141021/NEWS/310219943?AllowView=VDl3UXk1SzVDUFdCbkJiYkY0M3hla09yamtVZER1VT0=&utm_source=link-20141021-NEWS-310219943&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=topA small amount of capital has been raised by Limelight Health for its technology to help insurance agents gather and present information on health insurance plans.