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Wellness and patient information vendor Staywell is acquiring Provata, a population health company.
https://www.staywell.com/news/staywell-acquires-provata-health
PE firm Roundglass Partners is acquiring Curofy, which has an app to facilitate communication between doctors.
https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/roundglass-partners-acquires-curofy--b91f74f4
Patient experience vendor Press Ganey is acquiring HealthStream's patient experience and engagement divisions.
http://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-acquires-athena-s-patient-experience-and-engagement-businesses
EHR vendor Allscripts is selling its OneContent division to medical information vendor Hyland Software.
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/15/1349148/0/en/Allscripts-to-sell-OneContent-business-to-Hyland.html
The Health Information Management Society, a trade association, is acquiring Healthbox to boost its ability to offer consulting services.
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/himss-acquires-healthbox-get-innovation-consulting-game
Government programs-oriented health plan firm Centene is acquiring MHM Services, which focuses on health care in correctional facilities.
https://centene.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/centene-acquire-mhm-services-expand-national-footprint
Health insurance vendor HealthCare.com is buying Pivot Health, which offers short-term health insurance policies.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/healthcare-com-acquires-short-term-health-insurance-provider-pivot-health/
Two private equity firms are buying Dohmen Life Sciences, which offers outsourced commercialization services for medical device and biotech companies.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/water-street-jll-buy-dohmen-life-sciences-services/
Tract Manager, which offers health systems contract and supplier management software and services, is buying Newport Credentialing Solutions, which helps systems track provider credentialing.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/pe-backed-tractmanager-acquires-newport-credentialing-solutions/
Grocery chain Albertson's is buying the rest of Rite Aid that was not purchased by Walgreens, for unclear reasons, in a multi-billion dollar transaction.
https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/albertsons-will-buy-rite-aid-in-latest-amazon-countermeasure
Pharmaceutical giant Roche is buying Flatiron Health, which has an oncology specific EHR and analytic platform, for an astounding $1.9 billion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/roche-buying-flatiron-health-backed-by-alphabet.html
Health care staffing vendor Medical Solutions is acquiring PPR, which provides travel nurse staffing.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180209005321/en/Medical-Solutions-Acquire-PPR
Physical therapy provider Agility Health is selling its US business to Alliance Physical Therapy Partners.
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/05/1332998/0/en/Agility-Health-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-sell-U-S-Based-Operations.html
Workers' comp managed care vendor Genex is being sold by one PE firm to another one.
http://www.apax.com/news/apax-news/2018/stone-point-capital-to-acquire-genex-services-from-funds-advised-by-apax-partners/
Tract Manager, which helps health systems with purchasing and contract management, is acquiring Equipment Management, which offers the same customers capital equipment and servicing.
https://www.pehub.com/2018/02/pe-backed-tractmanager-buys-emts/
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.