Not long ago UnitedHealth paid $600 million for Alere's population health management division. Now supposedly that group has been purchased by a startup called Persivia and will be given a precision medicine focus.
A RNCOS report says the global telemedicine market had revenues of over $18 billion in 2014 and will grow at almost 20% annually in the next five years.
Buyer's remorse?, er, seller's remorse?, deja vu?, who knows but PE firm Riverside Company is buying the Healthcare Safety Institute for the second time. HSI offers workplace health and safety training.
A survey of health plans by Wells Fargo Insurance finds that most anticipate high cost trends of 7% to 10% over the next year and a half, indicating that premiums will continue to rise rapidly.
Population health management company WellTok has purchased Predilytics, which uses data to segment health consumers and develop targeted approaches to engaging them.
$9.5 million in series A capital comes MD Insider's way for its "disruptive" "big data" solution to help employers identify cost-effective providers. Yawn.
Access Integrated Capital accessed $8.5 million in new capital to integrate with its existing financing for service to identify low-cost diagnostic imaging in workers' compensation.
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