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Oct 07 2016

Hospital chains Ardent Health and LHP Hospital Group have agreed to merge their operations.

Oct 06 2016

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company WellCare is buying Arizona-based Care1st Health Plan for about $160 million.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wellcare-to-acquire-care1st-health-plan-arizona-300339979.html
Oct 06 2016

Large media firm WoltersKluwer is extending its health care presence by purchasing patient engagement firm Emmi Solutions for $170 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/wolters-kluwer-170m-emmi-solutions/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35425925&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9feSuZhoZFnAU7yfZnJMrJL-bZ4GpBH3s39dkRjAEn3QJ_obm6vZrMghEK3BltxVP2pUecwmPTDulZpfg6xVyf95p1qCDNtpLluptnkdM4mCZglnA&_hsmi=35425925&rf=1
Oct 05 2016

Palliative care company Aspire Health gathers an additional $32 million in funding.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/10/03/aspire-health-gets-google-venture-funding/91463968/
Oct 04 2016

Triage and scheduling app vendor Pager has raised $6 million in additional funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/pager-raising-6m-path-reimbursement-bust/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35288157&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rkCPDdMR20uApTKikJ1Hx6CQN8UfGtvyjHxyH4JjASInjXENmASFB6WO5hYDoAN4IOEWm58HQ5PY5XPlyYVX9s_lG-y4MqfM_FHXbss9mXz6PVKE&_hsmi=35288157&rf=1
Oct 04 2016

More Health, a vendor of data exchange among providers and payers, has garnered $5.5 million in fresh capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/startup-facilitating-data-flow-payers-providers-raises-5-5m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35288157&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--zqxpjytLrYOad0BWt56HgBVhxDuHoEwAWwfcCGr3DWl1fQszZRXYhPX4mS37lpYu7fdlYq5_5n_QG9HXfdzXYsIFY2gEYXgIjGuZoxdPPDzLGLpY&_hsmi=35288157&rf=1
Oct 04 2016

A survey from the MGMA finds that revenues were down in 2015 for both independent and health system-owned physician practices, with group practices losing over $13,000 per physician and health systems supposedly losing over $200,000 per doctor.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/2015-revenues-down-among-practices-healthcare-systems?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldRd05EaG1OMlF6TjJWbCIsInQiOiJ4VDRpT1wvamRGajg4emw4RG4yVFUyYU4zQ3FIUE9BTEU1VDZaRDNtRXJSbDZWRWxnbUtLSXM0V3E0SitCRVBNclwvMkFSYklIdUduRFFmdUZnRDc1Z1ppMzVqT1hRQWt3ZW5wUTRLcXVXTUIwPSJ9&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Oct 04 2016

Magellan Rx released a Medicaid drug trend report showing that net per claim costs (costs after all discounts and rebates) for 25 state Medicaid programs rose a modest 3% from 2014 to 2015.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=990517
Sep 30 2016

Medication regimen manager Tabula Rasa priced its IPO yesterday, raising around $55 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/vc-backed-tabula-rasa-rolls-out-ipo/
Sep 27 2016

Health care messaging platform Klara has raised $3 million in growth capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/nyc-healthcare-messaging-platform-klara-attracts-3-mln/
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