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
Oct 04 2016

A survey from the MGMA finds that revenues were down in 2015 for both independent and health system-owned physician practices, with group practices losing over $13,000 per physician and health systems supposedly losing over $200,000 per doctor.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/2015-revenues-down-among-practices-healthcare-systems?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldRd05EaG1OMlF6TjJWbCIsInQiOiJ4VDRpT1wvamRGajg4emw4RG4yVFUyYU4zQ3FIUE9BTEU1VDZaRDNtRXJSbDZWRWxnbUtLSXM0V3E0SitCRVBNclwvMkFSYklIdUduRFFmdUZnRDc1Z1ppMzVqT1hRQWt3ZW5wUTRLcXVXTUIwPSJ9&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Oct 04 2016

Magellan Rx released a Medicaid drug trend report showing that net per claim costs (costs after all discounts and rebates) for 25 state Medicaid programs rose a modest 3% from 2014 to 2015.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=990517
Sep 30 2016

Medication regimen manager Tabula Rasa priced its IPO yesterday, raising around $55 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/vc-backed-tabula-rasa-rolls-out-ipo/
Sep 27 2016

Health care messaging platform Klara has raised $3 million in growth capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/nyc-healthcare-messaging-platform-klara-attracts-3-mln/
Sep 27 2016

According to research firm Markets & Markets the population health market will be worth $32 billion by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/population-health-management-market-263411936.html
Sep 27 2016

A new study in JAMA indicates that using wearable activity trackers does not lead to weight loss.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/study-activity-trackers-won-t-necessarily-help-you-lose-weight?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RKaE5XWXlZall3TlRRdyIsInQiOiJcLzZVSHcyZGZBMVNXVVlqdXo1YWJ2bjRvWFdkQ3NFektaXC9Ga2xqWFBGemFvTmN5T3p2bmI5M1V5eUdaOTNOSHRJT0h0V3R3U0JrQTlvVW9MSjF2cTg0b3RKdFR4ajFCNXV3cnQ4TnNQU2pVPSJ9
Sep 27 2016

Data and analytics company Innovalon is acquiring specialty pharmacy software vendor Creehan Holdings for between $105 and $130 million.

http://www.inovalon.com/press-releases/2016/inovalon-acquire-creehan-company-industry-leading-specialty-pharmacy-saas