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Hospice Advantage, which has more than 60 locations in 14 states, has been sold by its PE owner to Compassus for an undisclosed amount.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/sentinel-capital-divests-hospice-advantage-to-compassus/
A private equity firm is selling imaging provider DMS Health to Digirad for an undisclosed sum.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/platinum-equity-to-sell-dms-health-to-digirad/
Conglomerate Phillips is buying Blue Jay Consulting, which provides consulting for hospital ERs, to bolster its health business.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151006/NEWS/151009955
HealthPort, a revenue cycle management vendor owned by New Mountain Capital, is acquiring ECS, a medical record retrieval company.
http://www.chartfinder.com/announcements/new-mountain-capital-and-healthport-iod-announce-the-acquisition-of-ecs
Revenue cycle management company HealthPort is buying ECS, which offers on-demand access to medical records.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/healthport-iod-to-buy-ecs/
Universal Health Services, a large hospital chain, is buying Foundations Recovery Network, an addiction treatment firm, for $350 million.
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-universal-health-services-buying-foundations-for-350m-2015-9?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22185080&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6mP52dacF0bQacAC84HyM824yKuK_Qba5pzZQ3-nQtinjkyD2HpdXXYi6_qT5fqWj-REss0vYGY4yQtYrVuwu_UJfsGniQM0Z2hsjv3HfLygw9-k&_hsmi=22185080
DaVita, through its troubled HealthCare Partners division, is buying the Everett Clinic, a large Washington state physician group.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28848150/davita-to-buy-seattlearea-primary-specialty-physicians-group?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22185080&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JE_8Rud5lT9MW8J9EGVVopLdzPcc1p-VVM9wsYa90HNsNXeywEMeNfkT-8x-H8p8ARXUIxk4FVkihKe-tJzG9p5dzKu3GdHmjvHVeCU-4fedxgbM&_hsmi=22185080
A PE firm is buying Ontario Systems, which makes revenue cycle management software for providers.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/arlington-capital-buys-ontario-systems/
Theorem Clinical Research, a full-service CRO, is really, not theoretically, being sold by its private equity owner to Chiltern International.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150915006106/en/Nautic-Partners-LLC-Announces-Sale-Theorem-Clinical#.VfmGYLS5dHg
Large dental supply firm Dentsply is acquiring competitor Sirona Dental for $5.5 billion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/business/dealbook/dentsply-to-acquire-sirona-dental-for-5-5-billion.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22074792&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_p_iA9MCAcjWe0XRXQDBO2uV9e20H0Rq0i3N9KsroqS4N1laawnWwqfC8oOgumtqlG91dwsNWJU00W6tMjnaFTI_fzPH-nRB0sHqlG5dDpDNQJxq0&_hsmi=22074792&_r=0
India-based Practo Health, a doctor search platform, is buying Insta Health, which offers health management services to mostly overseas hospitals.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/14/doctor-search-portal-practo-buys-hospital-management-platform-insta-health-for-12m/
Persivia, which aims to be a precision medicine and health analytics firm, is buying IHM Services Company, which provides clinical intelligence to hospitals.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/09/persivia-health-it-big-data/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=80d7526ff1-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-80d7526ff1-408793005
Qualcomm Life, which does health-related business for its parent Qualcomm Communications is acquiring Capsule Technologies, which in a nutshell provides connectivity with medical devices and other data integration.
http://webinfo.capsuletech.com/capsule-qualcomm-life-company
GetWellNetwork is helping someone else's shareholders get well by buying Skylight Healthcare Systems. Both companies are in the patient communication in the hospital business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/09/getwellnetwork-buys-skylight/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1f166ce3b7-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-1f166ce3b7-408793005
Epic Health is snacking on Option 1 Health, an enteral nutrition provider, to add to its portfolio of pediatric services and adult home care offerings.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/epic-health-buys-option-1-healthcare/
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.