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Jul 01 2015

According to Markets & Markets the health care analytics market will be worth $23 billion by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-data-analytics-market-905.html
Jul 01 2015

HomeHero, which helps seniors find home health care, has raised an additional $20 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/senior-care-startup-homehero-raises-20m-series-a-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ca9f85af2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ca9f85af2-67677117
Jul 01 2015

In a complex transaction,  EHR vendor AllScripts is getting a $100 million investment from biotech entrepreneur Soon-Shiung and in return is making a $200 million in Nant Health, a company he founded to advance precision medicine.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/biotech-billionaire-soon-shiong-plots-second-ipo-nanthealth/2015-06-30
Jun 30 2015

Activate, which operates onsite health clinics, has garnered an undisclosed new investment from a private equity firm.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spring-mountain-capital-leads-new-round-of-financing-in-activate-healthcare-300106104.html
Jun 30 2015

Insurance broker Willis and benefits consultant Towers Watson are merging in a $8.7 billion deal.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-30/willis-group-and-towers-watson-agree-to-18-billion-merger
Jun 30 2015

A company that helps providers do Medicare quality information filings, Health eFilings, has received about $1 million in new capital.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/two-health-care-technology-companies-raise-funds-from-investors-b99528686z1-310684731.html
Jun 30 2015

Elli Health has raised $1.2 million for its app which connects patients and providers.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/two-health-care-technology-companies-raise-funds-from-investors-b99528686z1-310684731.html
Jun 30 2015

A study in Lancet suggests that patients have better outcomes if they are readmitted to hospitals where the initial admission occurred.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60087-3/abstract
Jun 29 2015

Under the heading of "could there be some hypocrisy here", AHIP, the health plan trade group has released a brief on the evil effects of hospital consolidation, which is a problem, while at the same time saying nothing bad could come from rumored health plan consolidations.

http://www.ahipcoverage.com/2015/06/26/new-data-brief-on-hospital-consolidation-and-premiums/
Jun 29 2015

Wildflower Health has raised $5 million for its mobile maternity app business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/mobile-maternity-apps-for-health-plans/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=69c016f17b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-69c016f17b-67677117
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