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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
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/
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
According to research firm Markets & Markets the population health market will be worth $32 billion by 2020.
http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/population-health-management-market-263411936.html
A new study in JAMA indicates that using wearable activity trackers does not lead to weight loss.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/study-activity-trackers-won-t-necessarily-help-you-lose-weight?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RKaE5XWXlZall3TlRRdyIsInQiOiJcLzZVSHcyZGZBMVNXVVlqdXo1YWJ2bjRvWFdkQ3NFektaXC9Ga2xqWFBGemFvTmN5T3p2bmI5M1V5eUdaOTNOSHRJT0h0V3R3U0JrQTlvVW9MSjF2cTg0b3RKdFR4ajFCNXV3cnQ4TnNQU2pVPSJ9
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.