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
Apr 29 2015

An Asian firm called DocDoc has raised $8.6 million to help expatriates find health care by using a mobile app.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/physician-scheduling-service-targets-expats-se-asia/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4420891e28-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4420891e28-67648197
Apr 28 2015

1DocWay has received an investment from Rock Health to advance its business of helping hospitals do telepsychiatry visits.

https://rockhealth.com/2015/04/expanding-footprint-three-new-east-coast-investments-new-office/
Apr 28 2015

Investors voted for Voalte by giving it another $6 million in capital to support its clinical communication systems.

http://www.voalte.com/voalte-receives-6-million-strategic-investments/
Apr 28 2015

Mpirica gets a logical $1.6 million to rate hospitals on their surgery capabilities and provide the data to self-insured employers.

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/mpirica-health-lands-1-6m-to-rate-hospitals-by-type-of-surgery/
Apr 28 2015

Scanadu has achieved a paradisial $35 million for its Scout mobile health monitoring platform.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/scanadu-attracts-investment-china-35m-series-b/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8e3bb31242-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-8e3bb31242-67648197
Apr 27 2015

Access Integrated Healthcare has gotten $8.5 million in additional capital for its imaging center and cosmetic surgery business.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/aih-picks-up-8-5-mln-from-penta-mezzanine-fund/