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Jun 11 2018

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.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/kkr-buy-envision-healthcare-9-9-bln/
Jun 08 2018

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.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/06/nea-acquires-davitas-primary-care-business-paladina-health/
Jun 04 2018

Telemedicine vendor Teladoc is buying Advance Medical, which focuses on global virtual care solutions, for a whopping $352 million.

https://home.modernhealthcare.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSProduct=modernhealthcare-metered&CSAuthReq=1:TG5KRjZvQjhtRmNTUFllUy8wO:AID:BE611CC2B5138E2F16242A7BEFBA8946&AID=/20180604/TRANSFORMATION02/180609973&title=Teladoc%20acquires%20Advance%20Medical%20for%20%24352%20million&CSTargetURL=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180604/TRANSFORMATION02/180609973?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180604-TRANSFORMATION02-180609973&utm_campaign=hits
Jun 04 2018

Like many companies, Nokia has found digital health rarely lives up to the hype.  The company paid 170 million euros for Withings, a digital scale and weight management company, and acquired other digital health businesses, which it is now selling for a pittance and for which it is taking a 141 million euro write-off.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/31/1514548/0/en/Nokia-closes-the-sale-of-its-Digital-Health-business.html
Jun 04 2018

A PE firm is acquiring Asperion Health Resources, which helps hospitals and other providers get paid for complex claims which may have unusual sources of payment.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/aquiline-capital-acquires-aspirion-health-resources/
May 30 2018

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company Wellcare is buying Meridian health plans for $2.5 billion, adding plans in the upper Midwest.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180529/NEWS/180529921?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180529-NEWS-180529921&utm_campaign=mh-alert
May 24 2018

PE firm Marlin Equity Partners is buying Virgin Pulse, a wellness company, and merging it with Redbrick Health, another wellness company just acquired by Marlin.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/marlin-acquiring-corporate-wellness-company-virgin-pulse-will-merge-redbrick-health/
May 24 2018

Anthem is buying Aspire Health, which provides team-based palliative care in the home.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180523/NEWS/180529971?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180523-NEWS-180529971&utm_campaign=dose
May 23 2018

Credit bureau TransUnion furthers its push into health care, buying Healthcare Payment Solutions, which helps providers optimize Medicare reimbursement.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/transunion-buy-iovation/
May 18 2018

ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/05/pe-backed-connectiverx-buys-macaluso-group/
May 15 2018

Cumberland Consulting Group is buying LinkEHR to bolster its managed HIT services offerings for providers.

http://www.cumberlandcg.com/cumberland-consulting-group-expands-managed-services-practice-with-linkehr-acquisition/
May 09 2018

Johnson & Johnson is acquiring C-SATS, a startup which provides performance grades skills training technology for surgeons.

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/johnson-johnson-acquires-c-sats-university-washington-spinout-grades-surgeon-performance/
May 08 2018

Takeda is buying Shire for $62 million, uniting two large drugmakers and probably ensuring even higher drug prices as a result.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/takeda-pharmaceutical-agrees-to-buy-shire-in-62-billion-deal-1525761607
May 08 2018

Wellness technology vendor GlobalFit has acquired a majority interest in WalkMyMind, which offers "walkcasts" through a mobile app.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/globalfit-acquires-majority-stake-in-walkmymind-300634098.html
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