According to research firm IQ4I the global health care analytics market will be worth $20.8 billion by 2020. Note that, not $20.7, not $20.9 but a clear $20.8 billion.
Wellness firm Viverae has acquired OneHealth, which offers online social communities to help with behavior change.
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SureScripts has substantially expanded the use of its network for electronic drug prior authorizations, signing up the two largest PBMs and several technology companies. Electronic PAs are much more common as specialty use grows.
Aon Hewitt offers a private insurance exchange to clients and claims that the 18 companies covering 600,000 people who are users are experiencing lower health care spending. The firm says that health costs are projected to grow 3.5% in 2015 for these users, compared to industry-wide estimates of 6.5% to 8% increases. But it appears that the "savings" are due largely to enrollees choosing less-rich benefit designs, which means they were paying more for their health care out-of-pocket.
Leading Medicare Advantage patient health status assessment firm Matrix Health is being acquired by Providence Service Corporation for $400 million. Providence provides a variety of health and non-health services to governments.
Optimum Medical Management has been acquired by PracticeMax. Optimum is a vendor of billing and practice management services in Nebraska and PracticeMax provides similar services nationally.
Sandlot Solutions, which provides software to facilitate health information exchange, population health and EHR data interoperability, has raised $23.3 million.
RightCare, whose software helps identify patient needs at time of hospital admission and development of discharge plans, has gotten $4 million more in capital.
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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.