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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
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
In a truly significant deal, clinical research organization Quintiles is doing an $18 billion merger with drug information vendor IMS Health.
http://fortune.com/2016/05/03/quintiles-transnational-ims-health/
Epic Health Services, a provider of pediatric services, is acquiring Care Resources, which helps special needs children.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3329250/
Health information website Healthline Media is buying Medical News Today and MediLexicon, which also operate health web sites.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/healthline-media-buys/
In a blockbuster deal Abbott is buying medical device maker St. Jude Medical for $25 billion.
http://www.massdevice.com/blockbuster-ma-abbott-pay-25b-st-jude-medical/
Private equity firm Leonard Green is buying independent medical exam provider ExamWorks for $2.2 billion.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3328842/
In a major transaction in the health care analytics space, PE firm Veritas Capital is buying the health division of Verisk for a healthy $820 million.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/veritas-capital-to-buy-verisk-health-for-820-mln/
Large hospital staffing firm Schumacher Clinical Partners is acquiring ECI Healthcare Partners, which is in the same business.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160422/NEWS/160429968?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160422-NEWS-160429968&utm_campaign=financedaily
Nokia continues its push into health care with the acquisition of digital data collection and analysis firm Withings for 170 million euros.
http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/2016/04/26/nokia-plans-to-acquire-withings-to-accelerate-entry-into-digital-health?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpBNU9EYzJNMlU0TWpWaSIsInQiOiJjVjl4VzlHbzJUNnh5UjBhMTBlNWJ5YThOc3ROYUdaXC9mOTZ0RFZLajJaWk9lK0FQVXpPOXZOczdJVEZ0TmJCWWVsYmhHa1RkQnVWXC84c29mcm81NUtpXC9qcHROUGVqUWozY3BtbDVwSGxGMD0ifQ%3D%3D
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