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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/