Mar 09 2016

New research appears to confirm that directing certain medical procedures, such as knee replacements, only to high-volume providers, could save significant health spending while maintaining or improving quality.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/hfss-gkr030316.php?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Mar 05 2016

Inventiv, which provides services to help drug manufacturers with marketing, is considering an IPO which might raise $500 million.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-inventiv-health-ipo-idUSKCN0W52EU?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuanJce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ETsplMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Mar 03 2016

McKesson Corp. is extending its business in Canada by buying that Rexall Health for $2.2 billion.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160302/NEWS/160309952?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160302-NEWS-160309952&utm_campaign=financedaily
Mar 02 2016

Quantros, a provider of quality and risk management software for providers, has acquired Camparion Medical Analytics, which does rating and ranking of providers on quality and safety issues.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/francisco-owned-quantros-buys-comparion-medical-analytics/
Mar 02 2016

Mobile app disease management and wellness vendor WellDoc garners another $29.5 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/johnson-johnson-joins-welldoc-series-b-round/
Mar 01 2016

Population health management vendor Citra Health has purchased care management vendor SironaHealth.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/citra-health-buys/
Feb 29 2016

Health care management vendor eviCore acquires data mining firm QPID to bolster its analytic capability.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leading-technology-enabled-medical-benefit-management-company-evicore-healthcare-acquires-qpid-health-300227090.html
Feb 29 2016

Don't vilify Vivify; the remote patient monitoring company is alive with a fresh $17 million investment round.

http://mobihealthnews.com/content/upmc-leads-17m-investment-vivify-health-its-remote-patient-monitoring-system
Feb 29 2016

To catalyze further growth, data warehousing and analytics vendor Health Catalyst has raised $70 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/health-catalyst-raises-70-mln/
Feb 25 2016

Hearst Health Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount into Lightbeam Health Solutions, which collects and analyzes data to aid in identifying high cost patients or episodes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/02/hearst-health-adds-population-health-to-portfolio/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8ad03c0606-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-8ad03c0606-408793005&rf=1
Feb 25 2016

Home health condition monitoring firm Healthsense has received an additional $2.5 million in financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/02/healthsense-remote-patient-monitroring/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8ad03c0606-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-8ad03c0606-408793005&rf=1
Feb 23 2016

"Revolutionary" health plan company Oscar has apparently raised $400 million in additional capital at a rumored $2.7 billion valuation.  Fools rush in.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-23/oscar-said-to-be-valued-at-2-7-billion-in-fidelity-led-round?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26530585&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Kbvtt7gNc_rS54l4swr9prbJKICNd9cCkMEMbrcvBEE7dNKhYq8nOESbKrMSYNgKTRfYsMZvAUDY1ZzRw8wYUtKXp-1O0wBvcJ8Ufns9296nBJOA&_hsmi=26530585
Feb 22 2016

So you are a health plan selling policies on the reform law insurance exchanges and you do a lousy actuarial and pricing job and you are losing lots of money; so how to fix that.  Let's screw the doctors by cutting their reimbursement 4.5%; that is exactly what Highmark, a Pennsylvania Blues plan is doing.  Gutless, lame, pathetic; call it whatever you want, the regulators should stop it.  It isn't the doctors' fault that Highmark can't price.

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/10004191-74/highmark-plans-marketplace?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuqrPcu%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4FS8thNa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Feb 18 2016

McKesson's corporate venture capital unit is investing in PokitDoc, which has a platform for health care transactions.  Maybe they will use some of the money to find a normal name.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/02/mckesson-ventures-has-made-a-strategic-investment-in-pokitdok/
Feb 18 2016

Indicating its seriousness about health care data and analytics, IBM is spending $2.6 billion to buy Truven Health Analytics, which helps providers, employers, plans, life sciences companies and others.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160218/NEWS/160219904?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160218-NEWS-160219904&utm_campaign=mh-alert