Genoa Healthcare, the leader in pharmacies for community mental health centers, and QOL, a company in the same business, are merging under the combined ownership of Nautic Partners.
A PWC report on health services M & A activity finds that practice management companies have been more active in acquiring physician groups than hospitals, while there was also significant activity in the long-term care space.
Alere, which has been under fire from shareholders for its move into disease and population health management, is spinning off its original diagnostic testing unit.
Brown & Brown, a large insurance service company, has acquired Axia Strategies, which provided consulting on various aspects of health care management to health plans.
DrugDev, a global network of clinical trial physicians, has acquired TrialNetworks to boost its business by adding more clinical trials system capabilities.
IMS Health has acquired Forcea, a European provider of business intelligence and analytics, to boost its performance improvement capabilities for customers.
In the slightly head-scratching acquisition department, Quintiles, a large contract research and drug and device services firm, is acquiring Encore Health Resources, which consults mostly with providers in regard to EHR implementation and other IT needs. Quintiles says it will improve access to real-world data about drug use.
Accolade, a provider of software to help consumers navigate the health system (aaaahhhhhh!) has acquired konciergeMD, which does something similar. (What the company didn't have enough "capital"? Apparently not, at least on the front end.)
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