EXLService Holdings, a general analytics firm, is buying Scio Health Analytics, a vendor of data warehousing and analytics for health providers and plans, for $236 million.
Telehealth firm American Well is raising an additional $315 million in capital, for reasons that completely elude me, unless it is to fund the ongoing losses that the company must be experiencing.
Fitplan Technologies secures $4.7 million in fresh capital for its software that provides personalized fitness regimens designed by hot-shots in the personal training industry.
Centauri Health Solutions, which provides revenue optimization and quality of care services to providers and plans, is acquiring NHI Billing Services, which offers revenue management and billing services to health systems in regard to Medicaid.
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Bind Health, which offers "on-demand" health insurance benefits, has raised a total of $70 million in its Series A funding.
Okay, so now everyone in the pharmacy business can officially freak out, Amazon said it will buy PillPack for about $1 billion. PillPack bundles drugs and ships them to patients who buy online. I don't think that is actually much of a threat to the Walgreens and CVS' of the world.
Wildflower Health, which offers, wait for it, a MOBILE APP to help families manage their health, is acquiring another, wait for it, MOBILE APP, Circle, which is oriented toward helping pregnant women.
How doctors dress can have an impact on patient satisfaction scores, according to research in the British Medical Journal, with most patients preferring to see a white lab coat or scrubs, depending on the setting.
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.
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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