KPMG is buying Zannet Commercial Solutions, which provides health care information technology consulting to the health care industry, according to the Wall Street Journal.
According to a paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research, requiring insurers to allow children up to age 26 to be covered under their parents' insurance raised inpatient mental services use by 3.5% and overall mental health visits by 9%.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w20202
Jun192014
ClearCare has received an $11 million investment for its software service for home health care agencies.
A firm headed by the former chief of the HHS HIT office, Aledade, has received $4.5 million in seed money to help independent physicians create and operate ACOs.
Monroe Capital has lent $15.5 million to Pharos Capital to support that company's acquisition of Employee Benefit Solutions, a provider of wellness and cost management programs.
Private equity firm Genstar Capital is apparently going to sell Evolution1, a consumer-directed health plan payments company, for $535 million to WEX, Inc., a large publicly-held credit card company.
Jun172014
Technology implementation consultant Cumberland Consulting Group is buying Cipe Consulting Group, expanding its West Coast Presence and gaining more EHR and revenue cycle software expertise.
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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.