A private equity firm is buying behavioral health firm Pathways Health from Molina Healthcare, as the medicaid managed care company continues to remake its business.
Anju Software, which offers software to help life sciences companies with development and commercialization, has acquired Zephyr Health, which has a database covering multiple diseases, providers and treatment patterns.
Optima Health Solutions, a vendor of practice management systems for post-acute care providers, has acquired Vantage Clinical Solutions, which offers software for physical therapy practices.
UnitedHealth Group is buying Genoa Healthcare for around $2.5 billion. Genoa has over 400 pharmacies, primarily in community mental health centers. For some reason UHG has been shy about publicizing this purchase.
Molina Health, which primarily offers Medicaid health plans, has sold its Medicaid information system business to DXC Technology Company for about $230 million.
Britain-based Medopad, which has an app that allows remote monitoring of vital signs through wearables, is buying US-based Sherbit, which offers a similar service.
Medicare primary care clinic operator Oak Street Health has acquired Ampersand's Medicare clinics in Philadelphia as part of its entry into the market.
Harris Computer Systems, a large IT vendor, has announced that its health care group will acquire Iatris Systems, a provider of services to help hospitals maximize their IT systems (tells you something when companies make as much trying to help people figure out how to use their software as they do selling the software in the first place).
Health information system vendor Medicare is buying Rock-Pond Solutions, a provider of business intelligence and analytics tools for the home infusion and DME industries.
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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.