Oct 14 2016

Contessa Health, a vendor of home hospitalization and risk payment services, has received $7 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/contessa-health-snags-7-mln/
Oct 12 2016

2016 Kaiser Employer Health Benefits Survey

http://kff.org/health-costs/report/2016-employer-health-benefits-survey/
Oct 12 2016

Evidation Health has evidently grabbed $15 million in fresh funding for its "machine learning" "behavioral analytics" tools.  If you built it, they might come, but they sure won't understand it.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/evidation-health-scores-15-mln/
Oct 11 2016

Another study finds that live human doctors do much, much better at diagnosing than do symptom checker apps.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/face-off-human-doctors-more-accurate-than-symptom-checker-apps?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpNMk1UQXlaakpqTmpRdyIsInQiOiJRSXZVZ0JTcDd3U3N0RUppR0UrRTlKNGRNTFozQWNNNEMyRzNRU0VyNHYwM3F2Z3BNTVlOclQ0VDR0QWhnc1VPdGhlXC9CS2Z1UFg5cFBQVE9obzZSWnBkamlKMFRvRG5raEZuVHFDVEhYcFU9In0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Oct 11 2016

The 2017 final Medicare hospital reimbursement rule.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/22/2016-18476/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the
Oct 11 2016

Deloitte surveyed a number of physicians on EHR use, finding that about half think they help with clinical outcomes, but the majority saying that EHRs raise practice costs and reduce productivity.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/ehr/physician-survey-ehrs-increase-practice-costs-little-improvement-clinical-outcomes
Oct 11 2016

Teleradiology firm Arris Radiology is buying competitor US Teleradiology.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/gpp-backed-aris-radiology-buys-ust/
Oct 07 2016

Convey Health says it is partnering with New Mountain Capital, which doesn't quite convey the right meaning, they are being acquired, but nice try with the euphemism by the Medicare Advantage and Part D plan IT vendor.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161006005642/en/Convey-Health-Solutions-Partners-Mountain-Capital
Oct 07 2016

Welltok has ticked off another $33.7 million in funding for its population health management business.
Oct 07 2016

Hospital chains Ardent Health and LHP Hospital Group have agreed to merge their operations.
Oct 06 2016

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company WellCare is buying Arizona-based Care1st Health Plan for about $160 million.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wellcare-to-acquire-care1st-health-plan-arizona-300339979.html
Oct 06 2016

Large media firm WoltersKluwer is extending its health care presence by purchasing patient engagement firm Emmi Solutions for $170 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/wolters-kluwer-170m-emmi-solutions/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35425925&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9feSuZhoZFnAU7yfZnJMrJL-bZ4GpBH3s39dkRjAEn3QJ_obm6vZrMghEK3BltxVP2pUecwmPTDulZpfg6xVyf95p1qCDNtpLluptnkdM4mCZglnA&_hsmi=35425925&rf=1
Oct 05 2016

Palliative care company Aspire Health gathers an additional $32 million in funding.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/10/03/aspire-health-gets-google-venture-funding/91463968/
Oct 04 2016

Triage and scheduling app vendor Pager has raised $6 million in additional funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/pager-raising-6m-path-reimbursement-bust/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35288157&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rkCPDdMR20uApTKikJ1Hx6CQN8UfGtvyjHxyH4JjASInjXENmASFB6WO5hYDoAN4IOEWm58HQ5PY5XPlyYVX9s_lG-y4MqfM_FHXbss9mXz6PVKE&_hsmi=35288157&rf=1
Oct 04 2016

More Health, a vendor of data exchange among providers and payers, has garnered $5.5 million in fresh capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/startup-facilitating-data-flow-payers-providers-raises-5-5m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35288157&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--zqxpjytLrYOad0BWt56HgBVhxDuHoEwAWwfcCGr3DWl1fQszZRXYhPX4mS37lpYu7fdlYq5_5n_QG9HXfdzXYsIFY2gEYXgIjGuZoxdPPDzLGLpY&_hsmi=35288157&rf=1