Jan 13 2016

EmployerDirect Healthcare has been recapped in a Series C round for an undisclosed amount.  The company has a centers of excellence surgery network it sells to self-funded plans.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/dundon-capital-buys-majority-of-emply/
Jan 13 2016

$12.25 million in additional investment should cure AiCure, which aims to use facial recognition and artificial intelligence to help verify medication adherence.  Really?

http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/aicure-fundraise/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005&rf=1
Jan 12 2016

Diagnostics company PWN Health has tied the knot with Bind Health, a genetic testing firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/pe-backed-pwnhealth-acquires-bind-health/
Jan 12 2016

Syapse has raised precisely $25 million in new capital for its software to integrate genetic information into physician decision-making.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/syapse/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005&rf=1
Jan 12 2016

Consumer health information business Healthline has a line on $91 million in fresh investment, while spinning off subsidiary TalixMed, a health IT business, which took $14 million in additional capital with it.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/healthline-talix/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005
Jan 12 2016

Provider credentialing and network participation firm Vericred has truthfully raised $3.1 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/health-insurance-data-vericred-seed-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005
Jan 11 2016

Ad and marketing firm Weber Shandwick is buying ReviveHealth to perk up its health care related capabilities.

http://www.fiercepharmamarketing.com/story/weber-shandwick-snaps-revivehealth-boost-healthcare-specialties/2016-01-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6XAe%252B%252FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CTMRgMK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Jan 11 2016

HealthMarkets has acquired health insurance broker Excelsior Benefits to help expand its insurance sales capability.

http://www.healthmarketsinc.com/2016/healthmarkets-acquires-excelsior-benefits/
Jan 11 2016

Rizk Ventures is buying WorkforceRx, which helps health systems identify and execute cost-saving initiatives and which will be renamed RV Healthcare Analytics.  Maybe it can help Rizk learn how to spell.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/rizk-ventures-buys-wrx-rebrands-rvha/
Jan 08 2016

MTS Health Investors has provided an undisclosed amount of capital to HCCA, a vendor of offshore clinical resources for US health care companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/mts-health-investors/
Jan 08 2016

Aver Inc swears it has raised $13.6 million in fresh financing for its "patented data management platform" that aids in health care reimbursement processes.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/aver-inks-13-6-mln/
Jan 07 2016

One Medical Passport, which offers peri-operative medical software, has raised $4 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/one-medical-passport-picks-4-mln-fca/
Jan 07 2016

DuPage Medical Group, the largest independent physician group in the Chicago area, has received $250 million in investment.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160106/NEWS/301059998?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160106-NEWS-301059998&utm_campaign=dose
Jan 06 2016

Massachusetts has implemented reform after reform to supposedly lower health spending in the state while improving quality.  While most residents of the state now have insurance, the state continues to experience rapid health spending growth, the most recent sign of which is strong increases in health insurance premiums, with most rising in the high single digits, with the largest rises found among plans for small groups and individuals.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/01/03/health-care-costs-rising-faster/WUfquz4gBEjncURDm20b6L/story.html
Jan 06 2016

Oops, telemedicine kiosk vendor HealthSpot, after raising large sums from investors, is apparently out of business.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/telemedicine-kiosk-maker-healthspot-shuts-down/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3e0cb8e762-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-3e0cb8e762-408793005&rf=1