Apr 03 2015

ZappRx has raised $5.6 million to help support documentation related to patients receiving specialty pharmaceuticals.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/zapprx-raises-5-6m-series-pharma-companies-take-responsibility-specialty-drug-needs/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3f31a976c8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3f31a976c8-67677117
Apr 03 2015

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
Apr 02 2015

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?

http://hitconsultant.net/2015/03/31/e-mds-acquired-by-marlin-equity-merges-with-mdeverywhere/
Apr 02 2015

Perceptimed has raised $13 million to aid in its growth of a pill verification business.  Investors must be more insightful than I am.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/perceptimed-raising-13m-commercialize-medication-validation-tools-avoid-patient-error/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f346deee18-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f346deee18-67648197
Apr 02 2015

Teledermatology firm Spruce has spruced up the balance sheet with $15 million in new capital.  Not just getting by on the skin of their teeth.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/spruce-raises-15-mln-in-series-a/
Apr 02 2015

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
Mar 30 2015

Surgery Partners, an operator of ambulatory surgery centers, is planning for an IPO that might value the company at as much as $2 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/surgery-partners-preparing-for-summer-ipo-hires-banks-reuters/
Mar 30 2015

Fred's, which operates a large chain of discount stores, is acquiring specialty pharmacy firm EntrustRx for about $66 billion, no discount there.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150325005804/en/Freds-Acquire-EntrustRx-Specialty-Pharmacy#.VRl0tktFoVQ
Mar 30 2015

UnitedHealth Group is purchasing Catamaran, the pharmacy benefit management firm, for an astounding $12.8 billion.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealth-bulks-prescription-drug-cost-152847037.html
Mar 27 2015

Constellation Healthcare Technologies, which provides physician revenue cycle management software, has bought Physicians Practice Plus for up to $20 million.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/idUSASN0006ZM20150317
Mar 27 2015

Fagron has sold its Corilus division, which provides software in Europe to help providers manage their practices, to AAC Capital.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/idUSnHUG1ZlcRP+1d3+ONE20150316
Mar 27 2015

Procura, which offers cloud-based post-acute care software, has procured Indura Software, which sells home health care applications.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12578025.htm
Mar 27 2015

In an announcement made to an audience pregnant with expectation, Clue has raised $680,000 for its fertility application.  I guess the investors weren't clueless.

http://mobihealthnews.com/30043/fertility-tracking-app-clue-raises-680k-to-grow-team-build-hardware/
Mar 27 2015

Healthentic has raised $3.75 million to aid in sales of their software to help employers indentify health savings opportunities.

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/healthentic-raises-almost-4m-to-boost-healthcare-analytics/
Mar 27 2015

Canadian telecommunications firm is expanding its health software offerings by purchasing MedeSync, an EHR vendor.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/telus-health-acquires-medesync-electronic-090000595.html