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KenSci has raised $8.5 million for its "machine-learning" approach to identifying and managing high-risk and other patient populations.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/data-death-kensci-raises/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41382895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9N6xP0WDIWSD1wiEN7ZmbejnHMjWfyqBJCkERYx5ZN4-UgPhqwCkGhvWg4bdO7UUqR4L6CUSwQW0XJbAIpvfdfArGxLDThGT94PQFquHyi1wIv95k&_hsmi=41382895&rf=1
CoverMyMeds, which helps drug companies get prior authorizations for expensive drugs, is being acquired by McKesson for at least $1.3 billion.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/mckesson-acquiring-covermymeds/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41382895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_NIAdp2fH3La_TKeb4uDCYyg0lJax55wP7KFvvumltU3oO63cdrXfz0apFTBRXeYsHrZYvKwL2tM7sXK4j1-kWx-BxRq588WteuZQiv_whZ6jiTPM&_hsmi=41382895&rf=1
Redox, which offers software to improve interoperability between health IT systems, has raised $9 million in fresh funding.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/redox-9m-series-b/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41295311&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WkTlRJz0RsZmVc_KVt4KhksH-vHV0YcGDvpRoLVPEl4HZmdy3GnQame2G-fBZQdsKP9kyYVKc9bKUzSXqpvrOe-eMM-8nMpUOUhfSQVWLUiIye8s&_hsmi=41295311
PE firms are making an undisclosed investment into The CORE Institute, which offers software and services to support musculoskeletal practices.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/frazier-healthcare-partners-and-princeton-ventures-back-the-core-institute/
A survey of health care systems from KPMG finds that 36% say they get some reimbursement under "value-based" contracts and 14% say they get all their revenue that way.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129981/kpmg-survey-finds-50-of-health-systems-receive-value-based
Nuna, gets more than nothing, raising a whopping $90 million to support a business of gathering and analyzing Medicaid data from all states.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/medicaid-data-cruncher-nuna-launches/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=41071741&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--kMmAYjGVrFNM_7WhfdbfKoU_SVRE1HNTAazCiRof-1fQWHAoUvBU3uXtMwvQNaw8_DSoys8Nyj0cJ9n6z_Rne8-2S8_8Hs94Ta1jbWxt2JyNDgK8&_hsmi=41071741&rf=1
As expected, a judge has also blocked the Aetna/Humana merger on antitrust grounds.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170123/NEWS/170129972?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170123-NEWS-170129972&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Word & Brown is selling several of its health care businesses, including HealthCompare, Quotit and some brokerage business to National General Holdings, a multi-line insurer.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170117006376/en/Word-Brown-Companies-Announce-Sale-HealthCompare-Quotit
No raining on SilverCloud Health's parade, investors shower $8.1 million in new capital on the online mental and behavioral health vendor.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/silvercloud-health-nabs-8-1-mln-series-a/
A PE firm is acquiring Cano Health and Comfort Health, two Florida primary care clinic firms.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/intandem-capital-buys-cano-health-and-comfort-health/
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.