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M&A

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
May 08 2018

UK-based information technology firm Ideagen is buying US-based MedForce, which offers enterprise productivity and compliance solutions to health care firms.

https://www.ideagen.com/company/news/ideagen-acquires-us-based-medforce-technologies-inc/
May 08 2018

India-based information technology company EXL is acquiring SCIOInspire Holdings, which offers health care analytics and data processing services.

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/exl-to-acquire-healthcare-analytics-firm-scio-for-240m-97164/
May 07 2018

Two telemedicine software vendors are merging, as inTouch Health acquires REACH Health.

https://www.intouchhealth.com/about/press-room/press-room-2018/intouch-health-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-reach-health.html
May 07 2018

Wellness vendor RedBrick Health is being purchased by a PE firm for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.axios.com/redbrick-health-acquisition-marlin-equity-1525103291-ed6c1e7f-4e70-435c-8e90-f812936dfaec.html
May 07 2018

Health data warehouse and analytics vendor Health Catalyst is buying Medicity, which offers health data exchange products, from Aetna, which paid an extravagant $500 million for the company a few years ago.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/health-catalyst-medicity/
May 04 2018

EHR vendor Allscripts is buying HealthGrid, which has a mobile app to improve patient engagement with their clinicians, for up to $110 million.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/allscripts-healthgrid-60-million-acquisition-patient-engagement?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpoaFl6RTJPVFZqTm1WbSIsInQiOiIrNWpmOURkZmJvUE5FRXJnUWR2UDU2Zk8xMkNYRWdEZ3lEYzlaSlFrXC8rSitCcVl2bVNDSjF0OEJ2aHhUSFwvNnhDMXI3SWV4WENVWGs2ckp0YUJ5R0p2OEsxc0VcLzdSZTJneW1BYStwQXVmdEk3VVJEdzBSN1Jqc3dQbzBEQTRRSSJ9&mrkid=635530
May 02 2018

Health insurance exchange software vendor Connecture has been acquired by a PE firm, ending its troubled life as a public company.

https://www.connecture.com/2018/04/26/connecture-inc-completes-take-private-acquisition-by-francisco-partners/
May 02 2018

Hospital chain Tenet is acquiring the remaining 15% of surgicenter operator Surgical Partners for $630 million.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/tenet-acquires-remaining-stake-in-united-surgical-partners-for-630m.html