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May 22 2017

In another large contract research organization merger, INC Research and InVentiv Health will merge, with the combined company worth over $7.4 million.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/inc-research-and-inventiv-health-merge-another-major-cro-deal?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRSa1ltVmhORFF4TmpNeiIsInQiOiJJUkZYWU9cL1wvSmRNeW54V0dGOURlTE11RFFDYWo4bkgwcml0UyswZm1MVGVyN1wvSVVYUkg0cTdtMWtiT2dnUWZmcXF0V2dDSFRoR1BTOE1HU2E4YTc0dkx2b0tPZythT3ZYaFlyS3FER01DdUoxZ1wvTUVhNkVzbkh5Q01kaitNVVYifQ%3D%3D
May 22 2017

According to Truveris, branded drug prices increased over 13% last year, and the company doesn't expect much relieve in coming years.

https://endpts.com/new-study-points-to-a-double-digit-hike-in-branded-drug-prices-spotlighting-a-growing-national-debate/
May 22 2017

EvidenceCare, which gives evidence-based medicine advice to doctors, is seeking, but has not yet raised, $5 million in new funding.

https://evidence.care
May 22 2017

Surgery Partners is acquiring National Surgical Partners for $760 million, resulting in a combined 125 surgical centers.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/3452176/
May 22 2017

Express Scripts is buying myMatrixx, a workers' comp PBM.

http://www.mymatrixx.com/mm_news/express-scripts-mymatrixx-combine-offer-best-class-pharmacy-services-workers-compensation-programs/
May 22 2017

HealthReveal pulls back the curtain on an $11.3 million financing round.  The company, yawn, has an analytics platform which does supposed real-time identification of at-risk patients.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170512005061/en/HealthReveal-Tops-Series-Funding-Northwell-Ventures
May 22 2017

Large for-profit hospital vendor Steward Health Care gets larger, agreeing to acquire IASIS Healthcare's 18 hospitals.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/steward-health-care-to-acquire-iasis-healthcare.html
May 22 2017

LogicStream, a vendor of clinical process improvement solutions, garnered additional funds in a new financing round.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/logicstream-health-nets-series-b-funds/
May 10 2017

A large PE firm is buying employee health and other benefits brokerage OneDigital Health and Benefits.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/new-mountain-buys/
May 09 2017

Employer health data analytics firm Artemis Health has raised $8.3 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/artremis-health-raises-8-3-mln/
May 09 2017

Medical Solutions, a health care staffing firm, is being sold from one private equity firm to another for around $500 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/tpg-growth-to-acquire-medical-staffing-firm-medical-solutions-reuters/
May 08 2017

PreparedHealth gets ready for the big time with $4 million in financing for its software that connects family and community caregivers.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/05/preparedhealth-lands-4-mln-seed/
May 08 2017

Twine Health entangles itself with more investors, stringing them along to get $1.5 million in new capital.  We don't have enough health coaching vendors so that is what Twine's business is.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/05/twine-health-raising-1-5m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=51576445&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9qpN-tZ8uAuHXgIHIx3cgWUz_gvv92qjkzVl5Lt8bhQ3KwYkLTOHTWixtcHr8e5Rx2vzaJc6K1d12RwwHMneMYnV4cx1iJyd6XJ3RuvGaosiW9G6g&_hsmi=51576445&rf=1
May 05 2017

States that had more ads promoting getting health insurance under the ACA saw greater declines in their uninsured population, says a study in Health Affairs.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/4/747.abstract
May 04 2017

Radiology Partners gets a whopping $200 million in new capital to grow its on-site radiology business.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170503005186/en/Radiology-Partners-Receives-200-Million-Investment