Jul 24 2015

Anthem and Cigna have apparently officially agreed to merge in a $50 billion plus deal, making it more likely that none of these health plan mega-mergers, will, or should get antitrust approval.

http://news.investors.com/072415-763251-anthem-to-buy-cigna-as-industry-consolidates.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo
Jul 23 2015

$5.5 million in fresh funding for ContinuumRx, the home infusion provider.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/newspring-invests-5-5-mln-in-continuumrx/
Jul 23 2015

Act.md adds $8.4 million in new investment to build its care coordination platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/act-md-collects-8-4-mln-series-a/
Jul 23 2015

Remedy Partners, which assists with bundled payment programs for payers, has raised an additional $50 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/remedy-partners-raises-50-mln-from-bain-capital-ventures/
Jul 22 2015

Looking smart, Bright.md raises $3.5 million for its virtual physician assistant.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/bright-md-nets-3-5-mln-series-a/
Jul 21 2015

According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, the color and shape of a pill may affect your perceptions of how well the drug it contains will work.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/judging-a-pill-by-its-color-1437406452
Jul 21 2015

Spotlighting its mobile health insurance sales app, Limelight Health has garnered $3 million in fresh funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/limelight-health-scores-3-mln-series-a/
Jul 21 2015

Investors have injected $8 million into Axial Healthcare, a pain management firm which helps avoid abuse of pain drugs.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/07/axial-healthcare-grabs-8-mln/
Jul 21 2015

Investors analyzing 1DocWay have given it $1.7 million for its telepsychiatry business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/07/telepsychiatry-business-1docway-raises-1-7m-to-support-expansion-to-10-states/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3b2e436639-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3b2e436639-67677117
Jul 20 2015

Cardinal Health is acquiring medication therapy management vendor OutcomesMTM for an undisclosed price.

http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/OutcomesMTM
Jul 16 2015

Lybrate has added $10.2 million in capital to facilitate its business of connecting doctors and patients in India.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/09/lybrate/
Jul 16 2015

Benestream, which assists companies and brokers in enrolling patients in Medicaid plans, has raised $4.26 million.

http://benestream.com/news-release-benestream-raises-series-a-round/
Jul 16 2015

MedCenter Display, which displays great ingenuity by calling itself a patient engagement company when its business is making medical site signs, raised $2.3 million in funding.

https://www.nashvillepost.com/blogs/postbusiness/2015/7/10/medcenter_display_closes_23m_funding_round
Jul 16 2015

Global Excel Management has acquired Olympus Managed Healthcare.  Both companies offer claims and management and cost containment services.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/07/prweb12826016.htm
Jul 16 2015

Accolade has garnered another $22.5 million in funding to support ongoing sales growth for its patient engagement service.

http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00120150716eb7gazw01&cid=3025009&ctype=hs&from=Investments&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00120150716eb7gazw01%26cid%3d3025009%26ctype%3dhs%26from%3dInvestments