AMN Healthcare Services, a large staffing firm, is acquiring three related businesses for $82.5 million, including Onward Healthcare, Locum Leaders and Medefis.
In emerging news, eMerge.Md, is merging with Avizia, in others words merging its emerging telemedicine software business with Avizia's emerging telemedicine hardware business. Neither company has merged before so there is no remerging going on.
SocialWellth (they are lisped on the NASDAQ) has acquired Happtique. SocialWellth is digital engagement company and Happtique is an app prescribing tool for physicians. New name will be HappWellth or SocTique or something like thath.
MediGain, a vendor of revenue cycle management and data analytics, has acquired Millennium Practice Management Associates, which also provides revenue cycle management services.
CareCore National and MedSolutions are merging their cost and utilization control focussed businesses in a transaction that will create one of the largest care management vendors.
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QHR, Canada's leading EHR vendor, is acquiring Medeo Corp., which enables communication between providers and patients, eh.
PDR Network, the publisher of Physicians Desk Reference and other drug information, has acquired LDM Group, which provides information on patient behavior.
Health care and workers' comp claims manager Sedgwick has acquired Absentys, which offers software to help employers track and comply with leaves of absence.
Sharecare is purchasing Quality Health, a provider of consumer health product discounts, to boost its own website offering personalized wellness products and services.
HealthSouth, the large operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, is acquiring Encompass Home Health and Hospice, which operates in 13 states, for $750 million.
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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.