NantHealth, which hopes to integrate genomic and other data to improve delivery of health care, is acquiring Harris' Healthcare Solutions division, which delivers clinical integration services.
Anthem and Cigna have apparently officially agreed to merge in a $50 billion plus deal, making it more likely that none of these health plan mega-mergers, will, or should get antitrust approval.
Cardinal Health is acquiring medication therapy management vendor OutcomesMTM for an undisclosed price.
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IPC Healthcare, the staffing and specialist company which tends to grow by acquisition, has acquired two post-acute care provider groups in New York, one in psychiatry and one in internal medicine.
Bolder Healthcare Solutions has been on an acquisition tear and adds The ROI Companies to its organization. Both firms are in the revenue cycle management business.
SilverVue, a provider of unclear, at least from reading the press release, telehealth and care transition services, has acquired ProMD, which offers communications services between hospitals and recently discharged patients.
Large publisher Elsevier has acquired InferMed, a clinical decision support software and content company, to add to Elsevier's suite of health information products.
Aetna has supposedly agreed to buy Humana in a deal worth $37 billion, but the transaction seems so unlikely to receive regulatory approval that you have to wonder what the real purpose is.
Arcadia Healthcare, which offer analytics on data derived from EHR's, has acquired Sage Technologies, which sells analytics to ACOs and managed care organizations, for up to $28 million.
IPC Healthcare, the large hospital and post-acute care staffing company, has acquired Extended Care Physicians, a post-acte staffing firm operating in the Carolinas.
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