May 22 2015

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.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/riverside-invests-in-hsi-again/
May 21 2015

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.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150519005507/en/Survey-Inflation-Employers-Expect-Health-Care-Premiums#.VV4AhEtFoVR
May 21 2015

Stride Health has raised a lucky $13 million to help consumers find appropriate health insurance.

http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/20/stride-health-raises-another-13m-to-take-health-plan-recommendations-national/
May 21 2015

CVS is buying long-term care pharmacy operator Omnicare for $12.7 billion.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150521/NEWS/305219978?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=am
May 20 2015

Population health management company WellTok has purchased Predilytics, which uses data to segment health consumers and develop targeted approaches to engaging them.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/welltok-acquires-leading-healthcare-analytics-company-predilytics-300085640.html
May 18 2015

Workers comp pharmacy benefit manager Helios has warmed up by acquiring Ringler Medicare Solutions, which provides Medicare secondary payer services.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12726889.htm
May 17 2015

In stately Scanadu investors did a palace build, $35 million worth, to support its at home health monitoring device business.

https://www.scanadu.com/pr/scanadu-secures-35-million-in-series-b-funding-to-advance-go-to-market-plans/
May 17 2015

Mee thinks MeeDoc has gained 3.5 million euros of investment from XLHealth to support its app-based telemedicine business.

https://www.meedoc.com/files/press/press-release-28-04-2015.pdf
May 17 2015

$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.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/md-insider-accelerates-growth-with-95-million-in-series-a-funding-300074338.html
May 17 2015

Kura MD has cured a problem by acquiring The Telemedine Group's assets.  Both firms are involved in telemedicine.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/05/prweb12701367.htm
May 17 2015

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.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/access-integrated-healthcare-closes-8-143500511.html
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