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May 02 2016

Health information website Healthline Media is buying Medical News Today and MediLexicon, which also operate health web sites.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/healthline-media-buys/
Apr 28 2016

In a blockbuster deal Abbott is buying medical device maker St. Jude Medical for $25 billion.

http://www.massdevice.com/blockbuster-ma-abbott-pay-25b-st-jude-medical/
Apr 28 2016

Private equity firm Leonard Green is buying independent medical exam provider ExamWorks for $2.2 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3328842/
Apr 26 2016

In a major transaction in the health care analytics space, PE firm Veritas Capital is buying the health division of Verisk for a healthy $820 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/veritas-capital-to-buy-verisk-health-for-820-mln/
Apr 26 2016

Large hospital staffing firm Schumacher Clinical Partners is acquiring ECI Healthcare Partners, which is in the same business.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160422/NEWS/160429968?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160422-NEWS-160429968&utm_campaign=financedaily
Apr 26 2016

Nokia continues its push into health care with the acquisition of digital data collection and analysis firm Withings for 170 million euros.

http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/2016/04/26/nokia-plans-to-acquire-withings-to-accelerate-entry-into-digital-health?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpBNU9EYzJNMlU0TWpWaSIsInQiOiJjVjl4VzlHbzJUNnh5UjBhMTBlNWJ5YThOc3ROYUdaXC9mOTZ0RFZLajJaWk9lK0FQVXpPOXZOczdJVEZ0TmJCWWVsYmhHa1RkQnVWXC84c29mcm81NUtpXC9qcHROUGVqUWozY3BtbDVwSGxGMD0ifQ%3D%3D
Apr 26 2016

Augmedix has raised $17 million in new investment for its business of helping gather medical information for EHRs and other systems.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/health-systems-augmedix/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b2a22e45af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-b2a22e45af-408793005
Apr 26 2016

Practice management software vendor Inbox Health has acquired Cake Health which aggregates data for medical expense management.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/inbox-health-acquires-billing-transparency-tech-cakehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b2a22e45af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-b2a22e45af-408793005
Apr 25 2016

In truth, verily I say unto you HealthVerity has gathered $7 million in new capital to gather clinical data insights for drug companies and others.  No lie.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/healthverity-and-patient-data/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d2c94619f9-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-d2c94619f9-408793005&rf=1
Apr 21 2016

Medicaid managed care vendor Molina Healthcare is buying New York-based medicaid plan Total Care for $41 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160419/NEWS/160419899?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160419-NEWS-160419899&utm_campaign=financedaily
Apr 19 2016

Proteus Digital Health, the inventor of a smart pill that monitors adherence, has raised another $50 million in financing.

http://www.proteus.com/press-releases/proteus-digital-health-raises-additional-50-million-in-equity-financing/
Apr 19 2016

Revenue cycle and operational management software vendor Avadyne Health was recapped (i.e., bought) by a private equity firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3326240/
Apr 19 2016

Schweiger Dermatology Group is hot-dogging it and not looking to skin by, by getting $35 million in fresh capital for expansion of its New York-based practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3325524/
Apr 18 2016

Cardinal Health, which earlier bought NaviHealth to deepen its presence in the post-acute space, is now buying CuraSpan, which makes software for that sector.

http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/newsreleasearchive?item=123088
Apr 15 2016

You can never have too many consultants, right, especially if you want projects to drag on forever and have someone else to blame for things that don't work, so Cumberland Consulting is acquiring Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting.  Both firms do IT and operations consulting for health care firms.

http://hitconsultant.net/2016/04/04/cumberland-consulting-group-acquires-oleen-pinnacle-healthcare-consulting/
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