Sharecare, founded by talk show host Dr. Oz, has raised an additional $25 million in capital, bringing the total to over $160 million, for development of health apps, with a focus on voice analysis. And you think we aren't at a speculative investing top?
Novu obtained $20 million in financing for its business of engaging health care consumers in their health care. Knowyu this, that is one crowded space with unproven ROI.
Quartet Health has raised $7 million to support its business of providing data analytics and care management software for behavioral health.
http://www.quartethealth.com/news
Apr022015
e-MDs, the EHR vendor, has been acquired by PE firm Marlin Equity and merged with MDEverywhere. So if you add e-MDs and MDEverywhere, do you have two MDs everywhere? Or maybe its subtraction or division, so you have e-everywhere? Or multiplying--MD squared?
A Government Accounting Office Report finds that the reform law's premium tax credit (subsidy) has contributed to an expansion of the number of people with insurance but that many Americans still don't have access to a plan that is affordable (looking only at premium cost, not even considering the cost-sharing features). And we are now learning that many people who thought they were going to get a subsidy aren't.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669165.pdf
Mar302015
Surgery Partners, an operator of ambulatory surgery centers, is planning for an IPO that might value the company at as much as $2 billion.
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