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Large Medicaid health plan Centene is getting larger by purchasing HealthNet in a stock and cash deal worth around $6.3 billion.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150702/NEWS03/150709951?tags=%7C63%7C307%7C285
Workers' comp managed care service provide Genex has acquired Integrated Care Management, which offers disability case management.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20150701/NEWS08/150709984?tags=%7C338%7C70%7C285%7C304%7C92#utm_medium=email&utm_source=bi-dailyalert&utm_campaign=bi-dailyalert-20150701
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.