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Harvard Pilgrim, the large Massachusetts health plan, has purchased Trestle Tree, a vendor of wellness services.
http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20150109/NEWS01/150109950/harvard-pilgrim-health-care-purchases-trestletree-inc
Francisco Partners has recapped eSolutions, the large revenue cycle management services vendor and will now be the majority owner.
http://www.franciscopartners.com/news/esolutions-receives-strategic-investment-from-francisco-partners
Kit Check got checks for an additional $12 million to further its product to check on drug inventory in hospitals.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/kit-check-raises-12m-boost-hospital-customers-drug-security-tech-hospital-pharmacies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Augmedix raised $16 million from glassy-eyed investors who clearly saw the potential of its product to integrate EHR data into Google Glass.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/google-glass-startup-augmedix-raises-16m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Smartlink has raised $2.3 million for its app to help consumers make appointments with and get lab results from providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/infina-connect-sister-co-smartlink-uses-2-3m-fundraise-simplify-patient-md-mobile-communication/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Medical scribe company Essia Health has acquired Eastside Specialty Scribes.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150109/NEWS/301099952?utm_source=link-20150109-NEWS-301099952&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Centene, the large Medicaid health plan company, has acquired LiveHealthier, which offers technology-based wellness and health education services.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/01/bethesda-based-livehealthier-inc-acquired-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_19+(Industry+Insurance)
Ingenious Med, the vendor of patient encounter systems for providers, has cleverly added an undisclosed amount of capital to continue its growth.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/ascension-ventures-heritage-kaiser-invest-in-ingenious-med/
Welltok, the population health management and wellness vendor, raised an additional healthy round of $12 million to add gaming and other incentive capabilities to its platform.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/welltok-raises-12-million-expand-cognitive-gaming-technologies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d5354f0fc4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d5354f0fc4-67648197
A Peterson-Kaiser blog post summarizes the data on US health use and unit prices versus other countries. The data indicates that our utilization rates are not out of line but our unit costs are the highest.
http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/2015/01/how-u-s-utilization-and-price-of-healthcare-compare-to-other-countries/
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.