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May 17 2015

MDsave has rescued $12 million of forlorn capital as new financing to help consumers find low-cost providers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-innovation-meets-silicon-valley-technology-mdsave-poised-to-expand-affordable-medical-treatments-with-12-million-investment-from-mts-health-investors-300082576.html
May 14 2015

Polish firm DocPlanner garnered $10 million in new capital for its patient appointment scheduling app.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/from-the-wsj-expat-blog-germanys-quiet-sundays-1427151283?KEYWORDS=germany+2015+sunday+quiet
May 13 2015

Continuing its push into more comprehensive health plan offerings, TowersWatson has acquired Acclaris, a vendor of software and services to support consumer-directed health plans.

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Press/2015/05/towers-watson-acquires-acclaris-to-expand-benefits-administration-to-consumer-driven-health-plans
May 12 2015

Mednax, the pediatric services company, is acquiring vRad, the largest teleradiology firm, for about $500 million.  The reasons for the deal are transparent, we can see right through them!!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mednax-announces-agreement-to-acquire-vrad-2015-05-12
May 12 2015

HealthPort, a supplier of revenue cycle management solutions, has merged with IOD, which offers document management, denial management and other services.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/healthport-to-merge-with-iod/
May 12 2015

Consumer-directed health plan administrative services vendor Alegeus releases results of a survey showing that members in that plan design were much more likely to know the details of their coverage and to research cost and quality data on providers and treatments.

http://www.alegeus.com/news/press-releases/576-new-research-from-alegeus-technologies-reveals-that-consumers-enrolled-in-consumer-directed-healthcare-plans-are-nearly-50-more-likely-to-research-compare-costs-for-healthcare-products-services
May 12 2015

Provider scheduling startup Zesty pepped up with a spicy $7.2 million investment.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/health-professional-scheduling-startup-grows-uk-7-2m-series/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=87db728b21-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-87db728b21-67677117
May 11 2015

According to research in Health Affairs false positive mammograms cost $4 billion in unnecessary spending, leading to concerns about the adequacy of current screening.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/abry-to-buy-sentry-data-systems/
May 10 2015

CarePredict, forecasting success, has raised $1 million for its wearable sensor for seniors.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/carepredict-raises-funding-senior-remote-monitoring-device/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e94caa1a83-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e94caa1a83-67677117
May 08 2015

InDemand Interpreting, a provider of translation services for health care clients, raised $7 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/indemand-interpreting-nets-7-mln/
May 07 2015

Private equity firm Abry is buying Sentry Data Systems, a provider of health system software for compliance, security and procurement, apparently for over $200 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/abry-to-buy-sentry-data-systems/
May 07 2015

Sherpaa has guided investors to give it $2.25 million more in investment to support its telehealth service of connecting employees to physicians.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/sherpaa-tacks-2-25m-investors-expansion-employer-enabled-telehealth/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 07 2015

CareLinx, which hooks seniors up with caregivers, has linked to another $5 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/carelinx/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=194f88b377-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-194f88b377-67648197
May 06 2015

IMS Health, which provides information on drug sales, has acquired a British health analytics firm, Dataline Software.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150506/NEWS/150509943?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150506-NEWS-150509943&utm_campaign=hits
May 06 2015

Evolent Health, a "population health" company, has filed for an IPO to raise $100 million.  The company lost $52 million last year so I guess this is a new way to value firms.  Now tell me that this isn't absurd.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/6-takeaways-evolent-health-ipo-registration/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8616b5e369-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8616b5e369-67648197
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