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May 05 2015

Symbir, a vendor of health care compliance software, has acquired CBR Associates, a credentialing services company.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/pe-backed-symplr-acquires-cbr-associates/
May 05 2015

DaVita got hammered with a $495 million fine to settle Medicare fraud and abuse charges relating to charging for unused drugs.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28046592/davita-will-pay-495-million-settle-atlanta-whistleblower
May 04 2015

Health IT security vendor Imprivata has acquired HT Systems, which offers a palm-vein identification system, for around $20 million.  The deal was done on a handshake.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/imprivata-acquires-ht-systems-adding-patient-id-capabilities
May 04 2015

Truveris' National Drug Index shows that drug unit prices continue their rapid ascent in 2015, rising 3.8% in the first quarter, led by brand price growth of 5.7%.

http://truverisblog.tumblr.com/post/117605470877/2015-prescription-drug-prices-jump-another-3-8-in
May 03 2015

Obtaining MORE capital, MORE Health has raised $3 million to support its business of connecting Chinese doctors with US specialists.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/nea-invests-3m-health-startup-connecting-chinese-doctors-patients-us-specialists/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=63b4aa1f71-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-63b4aa1f71-67648197
May 02 2015

A preliminary release from Aon gives an expected medical and pharmacy trend for employers of 5.4% in 2015 and 5.9% in 2016, driven higher by pharmacy costs that are estimated to increase 9.5% in 2015 and 10% in 2016.

http://aon.mediaroom.com/2015-04-20-Aon-Analysis-Shows-Double-Digit-Increases-in-U-S-Pharmacy-Costs-by-2016
May 02 2015

A study in Health Services Research finds that creating hospital network tiers with differential copays can cause hospitals to lower prices and for more admissions to occur in preferred tiers.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12291/abstract
May 02 2015

MD Insider has raised $9.5 million to compete in the commodity market of offering price and quality information about physicians and other providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/05/md-insider-playing-physician-data-transparency-war-win/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c727044440-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c727044440-67677117
Apr 30 2015

Arsenal Health has armed itself with additional capital to help providers improve the scheduling process by using data to predict dropped appointments.

https://rockhealth.com/2015/04/expanding-footprint-three-new-east-coast-investments-new-office/
Apr 30 2015

Private equity firm Francisco Partners is acquiring HealthcareSource, a provider of talent management services for health care companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/francisco-partners-to-acquire-healthcaresource/
Apr 30 2015

2016 Draft Medicare Hospital Rule

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/04/30/2015-09245/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the
Apr 29 2015

In a tie-up of two India-based mobile health and fitness app companies, Practo iso acquiringo FitHo foro ano undisclosedo sumo.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-25/news/61518547_1_abhinav-lal-shashank-nd-practo
Apr 29 2015

HEALTHCAREfirst, has capitalized on its position by acquiring a lower-case company, Deyta. HEALTHCAREfirst provides software for home health agencies and hospices and Deyta offers patient satisfaction and quality measurement services for the same market.

http://www.deyta.com/news/healthcarefirst-announces-acquisition-of-deyta
Apr 29 2015

Validic (not to be confused with Vladic, the pickle company, although investors may find themselves in a pickle) has garnered an additional $12.5 million in capital to validate its "internet of things" approach to health care.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/internet-things-enabler-validic-raises-12-5m-add-staff-support-product-development/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
Apr 29 2015

Telemedicine pioneer TelaDoc has apparently rung up an IPO filing, on as yet undisclosed terms.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/teladoc-takes-first-step-toward-ipo/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
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