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
Sep 27 2016

Telehealth vendors Salus Telehealth and VideoMedicine are combining to form a more comprehensive telemedicine offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/09/salus-videomedicine-merge/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34940597&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9St2mJqD0-Ghm_6lMvy7nk1n4BSqEIxSp5tEnNCNfKWx4XXWWrI7gxmISm54FJLrtD5HBkG60ScInKIutornsxAYLF628Oe2n8_M8vHPkTRBTphfA&_hsmi=34940597&rf=1
Sep 27 2016

InstaMed, a health care payments network vendor, has received $50 million in additional financing from a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/carrick-provides-50-mln-to-instamed/3
Sep 13 2016

A study in the Journal of Perinatology finds that the best outcomes and lower cost in premature infant intensive care units are correlated with longer lengths of stay.

http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/jp2016128a.html
Sep 13 2016

Global IS company Atos is buying Anthelio Healthcare Solutions for $275 million.  Anthelio helps health systems install and manage electronic medical records.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/headlines/20160912-dallas-healthcare-it-company-anthelio-acquired-for-275-million.ece?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34213918&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-85jUOPMZnk_oS3kE0kJ-9aovGhuvFkvKHN93POmMGcZaYALB7OODVp1Ip7OfvC9tnWw0WySq9fQ5disRE4895Opmwy7Z7R4rjUn6C3pZPGnzvtEKg&_hsmi=34213918
Sep 12 2016

Grocery chain store Kroger is buying a specialty pharmacy company, Modern Healthcare, adding to its pharmacy business.