Pillo isn't resting on its laurels, blanketing investors with a successful plea for $25 million in new funding to provide robots that help keep patients at home.
Large managed care workers' compensation vendor Mitchell International is bolstering its capabilities by acquiring physical exam provider Medical Consultants Network.
Consumer health information firm WebMd is buying Jobson Healthcare, which offers information and marketing services to reach physicians, eye care professionals and pharmacists.
Large PE firm KKR is buying health physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare for $9.9 billion. Envision provides physicians to ER rooms and post-acute care facilities, as well as doing teleradiology, anesthesiology and pediatrics.
A private equity firm is acquiring DaVita's primary care business, Paladina Health, which operates over 50 physician offices and focuses on employer-sponsored plan patients. This continues DaVita's exit from the physician business.
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.
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.