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Oct 21 2015

Amino raised $19.4 million to help people make "confident" health decisions, starting with doctor choice.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/amino-raises-19-4-mln/
Oct 21 2015

Collective Health collects a collective $81 million in funding from collegial investors for its tools to help employers with their health benefit offerings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/business/dealbook/collective-health-insurance-services-start-up-focused-on-employers-raises-81-million.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23027254&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--vz2nyQ1LegixapKBmL22FpjG4sQAGm63ohgNXSGnafaQWBTCiaiMa7sOofu19mfaITFFlCzXT7jjylWzHJ38GHfIK9Ssec5678BNt8g3GqeEIi18&_hsmi=23027254&_r=0
Oct 20 2015

Redox attracts $3.5 million in new investment to help providers communicate across disparate EHR and other HIT systems.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/redox-raises-3-5-million-to-support-growth-of-its-network/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f3dac157d5-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f3dac157d5-408793005&rf=1
Oct 20 2015

HC1 gets another $13.2 million in funding to support its data sharing platform for providers of health care services.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/hc1-raises-13-2-million-to-boost-sales-team-and-strategic-partnerships/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f3dac157d5-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f3dac157d5-408793005&rf=1
Oct 19 2015

Hospice Advantage, which has more than 60 locations in 14 states, has been sold by its PE owner to Compassus for an undisclosed amount.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/sentinel-capital-divests-hospice-advantage-to-compassus/
Oct 19 2015

An undisclosed amount of venture funding is received by patient checkin and payment solutions company HealthiPASS.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/oca-ventures-leads-series-a-round-for-healthipass/
Oct 19 2015

Surgical Theater has gathered $9 million in fresh investment for its virtual reality and imaging guidance software.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/surgical-theater-raises-9-mln/
Oct 15 2015

A private equity firm is selling imaging provider DMS Health to Digirad for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/platinum-equity-to-sell-dms-health-to-digirad/
Oct 15 2015

23andMe, the controversial direct-to-consumer seller of genetic testing, has raised another $115 in financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/10/23andme-brings-in-115m-in-series-e/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=05a1771e79-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-05a1771e79-408793005&rf=1
Oct 13 2015

The Choosing Wisely campaign is designed to encourage physicians to  avoid ordering services of questionable value, but so far not much change in the use of the initial list of suspect items.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2457401
Oct 12 2015

Results from CMS' Comprehensive Primary Care initiative are decidedly mixed.  In 2014 the 433 practices that served 377,000 beneficiaries saved about $24 million but that is before offsetting fees and doesn't say what the results were at the practice level.  Only one region had savings after the fees.

http://blog.cms.gov/2015/10/07/primary-care-makes-strides-in-improving-quality-and-costs/
Oct 09 2015

GoodRx, which helps consumers find low prices on drugs, received an undisclosed additional investment from PE firms.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/spectrum-equity-and-francisco-partners-back-goodrx/
Oct 08 2015

According to Markets & Markets, the North American health information technology market will have $104 billion in revenue by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/north-america-healthcare-it-market-1190.html
Oct 08 2015

Hixme Insurance Solutions has hit investors up for $10.14 million as it builds its software to support employers using private exchanges to offer health coverage and other benefits.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/hixme-insurance-solutions-fetches-10-14-mln-series-a/
Oct 08 2015

CareSync has synced up with $18 million in fresh capital for its chronic disease management software and services.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/10/caresync-snags-18-mln-series-b/
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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