Private equity firm Blackstone has apparently signed a deal to buy Aon's Hewitt benefit administration unit for $4.8 billion, largely unwinding a merger transaction from a few years ago.
RxWiki, which offers customer education rating services for independent pharmacies, has acquired TeleManager, which offers communication technology for pharmacies and others in the drug supply chain.
Samepage Health turns the page on its software to help providers manage patients with complex conditions, buying Health123, which has similar software. New name SameHealth or page 123.
The other shop dropped where it was expected to fall, as a federal judge upholds the refusal to approve the Anthem/Cigna merger because it would have anti-competitive effects.
Prescription drug coupon vendor GoodRx has a new prescription for growth, merging with Iodine, which provides a mobile app allowing consumers to get drug information.
Verato garners $12.5 million in new funding to attack what would seem to be a mundane issue, matching patients accurately across various health care databases.
Research in Health Affairs finds that Medicare's value-based purchasing program, which has a heavy component of patient satisfaction scores, has had no impact on those scores in hospitals.
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