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May 07 2015

Sherpaa has guided investors to give it $2.25 million more in investment to support its telehealth service of connecting employees to physicians.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/sherpaa-tacks-2-25m-investors-expansion-employer-enabled-telehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 07 2015

CareLinx, which hooks seniors up with caregivers, has linked to another $5 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/carelinx/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 06 2015

IMS Health, which provides information on drug sales, has acquired a British health analytics firm, Dataline Software.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150506/NEWS/150509943?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150506-NEWS-150509943&utm_campaign=hits
May 06 2015

Evolent Health, a "population health" company, has filed for an IPO to raise $100 million.  The company lost $52 million last year so I guess this is a new way to value firms.  Now tell me that this isn't absurd.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/6-takeaways-evolent-health-ipo-registration/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8616b5e369-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8616b5e369-67648197
May 05 2015

Symbir, a vendor of health care compliance software, has acquired CBR Associates, a credentialing services company.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/pe-backed-symplr-acquires-cbr-associates/
May 05 2015

DaVita got hammered with a $495 million fine to settle Medicare fraud and abuse charges relating to charging for unused drugs.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28046592/davita-will-pay-495-million-settle-atlanta-whistleblower
May 04 2015

Health IT security vendor Imprivata has acquired HT Systems, which offers a palm-vein identification system, for around $20 million.  The deal was done on a handshake.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/imprivata-acquires-ht-systems-adding-patient-id-capabilities
May 04 2015

Truveris' National Drug Index shows that drug unit prices continue their rapid ascent in 2015, rising 3.8% in the first quarter, led by brand price growth of 5.7%.

http://truverisblog.tumblr.com/post/117605470877/2015-prescription-drug-prices-jump-another-3-8-in
May 03 2015

Obtaining MORE capital, MORE Health has raised $3 million to support its business of connecting Chinese doctors with US specialists.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/nea-invests-3m-health-startup-connecting-chinese-doctors-patients-us-specialists/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=63b4aa1f71-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-63b4aa1f71-67648197
May 02 2015

A preliminary release from Aon gives an expected medical and pharmacy trend for employers of 5.4% in 2015 and 5.9% in 2016, driven higher by pharmacy costs that are estimated to increase 9.5% in 2015 and 10% in 2016.

http://aon.mediaroom.com/2015-04-20-Aon-Analysis-Shows-Double-Digit-Increases-in-U-S-Pharmacy-Costs-by-2016
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