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Jan 27 2015

Huron Consulting, the very large operational consulting firm, is expanding its health care line of business by acquiring the Studer Group, which does management consulting for health systems, for a whopping $325 million.

http://ir.huronconsultinggroup.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=180006&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2010739
Jan 27 2015

Humana reports that providers who are at risk in its MA program have better quality and cost outcomes that those that have more traditional reimbursement.

http://aishealth.com/archive/nman012215-04?utm_source=Real%20Magnet&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=64971982
Jan 27 2015

Crossover Health, a provider of onsite clinics for employers, has received $15 million in new investment for the expansion of its business.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/norwest-backs-crossover-health/
Jan 27 2015

Iora Health, which operates primary care clinics, has raised $28 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/iona-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=691c581f90-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-691c581f90-67677117
Jan 27 2015

MedPAC has expressed again its serious concern about the CMS approach to quality reporting, which it views as having an excessive number of measures which are burdensome to report on and often have to little to do with actual meaningful outcomes.

http://www.medpac.gov/documents/comment-letters/medpac-comment-on-the-cms-list-of-measures-under-consideration-for-december-1-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Jan 26 2015

Adreima, a health care revenue cycle management provider, has acquired HealthCPA, a vendor of technology to help patients understand their bills.

http://www.earlysense.com/news-and-events/news/jan-20-2015/
Jan 26 2015

EarlySense, a contactless monitoring company, has raised $20 million in capital.

http://www.earlysense.com/news-and-events/news/jan-20-2015/
Jan 26 2015

Human API, which gathers and shares health data among providers and patients, has raised $6.6 million in fresh capital.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/humanapi
Jan 26 2015

Forward Health, which provides data gathering and analytics for health systems, has received a new round of $5.7 million in investment.

http://www.xconomy.com/wisconsin/2015/01/15/forward-health-stays-aggressive-in-healthcare-analytics-snags-5-7m/
Jan 26 2015

Centene, the large managed Medicaid company, has acquired Agate Resources, which offers Medicaid plans in Oregon.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/centene-corporation-to-acquire-oregon-based-agate-resources-300025272.html
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