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May 12 2016

Large numbers of patients are using virtual visits for routine and urgent care due to convenience.  Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that guideline adherent care is not delivered in a significant fraction of these virtual visits and there is substantial variation in care across virtual visit websites.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2511324
May 10 2016

Mysterious bioinformatics and health analytics company NantHealth has filed to raise up to $92 million in a public offering.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/05/09/soon-shiong-nant-health/
May 10 2016

Its simplee befuddling, but it is plain that investors like Simplee, giving the vendor of services to help patients pay hospitals an additional $20 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/simplee-patient-payment-service/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=24d203fc0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-24d203fc0b-408793005
May 06 2016

MultiPlan, which offers PPOs and other cost containment services to self-funded employers, TPAs and smaller health plans, is being acquired by a PE firm.

http://www.multiplan.com/pdf/news/press_release_20160505.pdf
May 04 2016

Digital Reasoning, which offers analytics in the health care and other industries, has raised an additional $40 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/digital-reasoning-series-d/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6b9a8fea84-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-6b9a8fea84-408793005&rf=1
May 04 2016

Press Ganey, which does work in the patient satisfaction space, is acquiring Avatar, a patient survey firm.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160503/NEWS/160509980?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160503-NEWS-160509980&utm_campaign=dose
May 04 2016

Does it never stop, Envera Health gets $14 million in capital for the 14th million effort to provide "engagement" capabilities for providers and patients.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330268/
May 04 2016

PE firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring urgent care software vendor DocuTAP.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330402/
May 03 2016

Making a lovely twosome, MedData couples itself to Duet Health, marrying the former's revenue cycle data management business with the latter's patient engagement capabilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/meddata-duet-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
May 03 2016

Behavioral health telemedicine software provider WeCounsel is raising $3.5 million in new financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/telemedicine-software-for-behavioral-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
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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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