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Jan 05 2017

Specialty behavioral health pharmacy operator Genoa Healthcare has acquired Advanced Pharmacy Solutions, which is in the same business in a few southern states.

http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/genoa-acquires-advanced-pharmacy-solutions
Jan 04 2017

HM Health Solutions, which offers software for health plans, is acquiring the print-to-mail division of Guidewell.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hm-health-solutions-announces-acquisition-of-guidewells-fulfillment-business-to-support-long-term-growth-strategy-300384801.html
Dec 30 2016

Clarify Health Solutions gathers $6 million in financing to provide analytics for hospitals, as far as I can tell.  Despite the company's name, it is not clear to me what they actually will do or why it is any different that 1000 other analytics platforms.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13887037.htm
Dec 29 2016

HealthCare Partners, the medical group unit of DaVita, is buying another physician practice, WellHealth Quality Care, located in Nevada.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-partners-nevada-to-acquire-wellhealth-quality-care-300382651.html
Dec 29 2016

Clinical Research IO gets $1.6 million in new capital to bring yet another electronic data capture for clinical trials product to market.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/esource-clinical-research-io-raises-1-6m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39865242&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ZKW422WC8d4JS_ZpEUB-933OMgs8ORT2zLOi91HhDdDcZssX586osUdy8xLRPOfwhNCKx2CYjClX3mZEIHoXftgEsfyJh4Rwws13Jc_pW6I326dc&_hsmi=39865242&rf=1
Dec 28 2016

British firm everyLIFE Technologies, whICH proVIDES softWARE to supPORT care givERS in the home, has raiSED over 4 milLION pounds in new inVESTment.

http://techcitynews.com/2016/12/16/farnham-based-everylife-technologies-closes-4-13m-series-a/
Dec 28 2016

In a somewhat complex maneuver, publicly health population health company ApolloMed and Network Medical Management, an IPA management company, are merging.  The combined company will have revenues over $300 million and NMM shareholders will end up with over 80% of the merged entity.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollomed-and-network-medical-management-announce-transformational-merger-300383185.html
Dec 28 2016

Health insurance broker Hilb Group is acquiring Endeavor Insurance, in the same business.

http://hilbgroup.com/hilb-group-acquires-south-carolina-based-endeavor-insurance-services-inc/
Dec 21 2016

Mediware, which provides health care and social services software, is being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/thoma-bravo-to-sell-mediware-to-tpg/
Dec 21 2016

HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards.  That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/thousands-clinicians-will-get-hit-pocketbook-meaningful-use-penalties?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldZeE56QTJZV0UwT0RNMyIsInQiOiJMMVRhQzh6T3V6Z0FzZU9hT3A3Uzc0TUF1eE5VeUNkaGc2RDQ5c3BEUkNIaVFmdG90Q21cL1hXMkpBbnhLdkhFaEVVMzlVaXJYYUtEUUxrTVZZUlhmNlFRbDJSOW5RUUVtSWtueWx1dDdkQlVhc0ZzSGx5R3YwWkJ2eENlc0F2dXoifQ%3D%3D
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Kevin RocheThe 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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