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Mar 06 2015

Oak Street Health, which operates primary care clinics for Medicare beneficiaries, has raised an undisclosed amount of additional capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/harbour-point-capital-and-qsp-invests-in-oak-street-health/
Mar 05 2015

Ahem, fun coming here.  A company called Daqri, which apparently had a few of those to drink, and whose primary business is making an "augmented reality helmet", has acquired another company called Melon, which makes a "smart headband" that takes various biometric measures.  That's using the ole Melon, or not.  Better wear that helmet, wouldn't want to damage the melons coming up with these ideas.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-daqri-melon-20150219-story.html
Mar 05 2015

CompuGroup Medical, a Germany-based global provider software company, has acquired Medical EDI to bolster its offerings in South Africa.

http://www.cgm.com/corp/presse/presseinformationen/Presse.en.jsp
Mar 05 2015

Navigant, the health care revenue cycle management company, has acquired RevenueMed, which provides coding and similar services.

http://www.navigant.com/insights/library/industry-news/navigant-acquires-revenuemed.aspx/
Mar 05 2015

Sharecare, a mobile wellness and engagement platform, has cared to share that it has acquired Feingold Technologies, which voice and text messages to understand behavior.

http://mobihealthnews.com/40867/sharecare-acquires-voice-text-analysis-company-feingold-technologies/
Mar 04 2015

Truven Health Analytics is apparently filing for an IPO that could value the health data and analytics company at as much as $3 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/truven-health-analytics-prepares-for-ipo-say-sources-reuters/
Mar 03 2015

Cardinal Health is buying Johnson & Johnson's trouble interventional cardiology business, Cordis, for almost $2 billion.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150302/NEWS/150309997
Mar 03 2015

Acadia Healthcare, a large publicly traded behavioral health provider, is buying seven treatment centers run by Quality Addiction Management in Wisconsin for $53 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150302/NEWS/150309991
Feb 26 2015

Innovalon, which provides cloud-based analytics, raised a sky-high $600 million in its IPO.  The investors clearly have their heads in the clouds.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2015/02/12/inovalon-rallies-after-raising-600m-in-its-ipo.html
Feb 25 2015

Eligible API raised $1 million from angels via crowdfunding to support an app that lets providers check patient eligibility.

http://pando.com/2013/01/24/yc-alumni-eligible-raises-1m-in-under-48-hours-via-angellist/
Feb 25 2015

Digisight raised $7.8 million to extend its app which connects patients with providers, beyond opthalmology to other specialties.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2015/02/12/inovalon-rallies-after-raising-600m-in-its-ipo.html
Feb 25 2015

Iasis Healthcare has filed for an IPO of up to $100 million.  Iasis has a few hospitals, other provider units and a risk-based health plan-like unit.

http://www.iasishealthcare.com/iasis-healthcare-corporation-announces-filing-of-registration-statement-for-proposed-initial-public-offering/
Feb 25 2015

Athenahealth has purchased Beth Israel hospital system's EHR to bolster its line of HIT products and expand into the inpatient market.

http://newsroom.athenahealth.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=253091&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2012969
Feb 25 2015

Sikka Software pulls in $5.5 million for its analytics platforms for small provider groups, mostly in dental and veterinary practices.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/practice-management-software-business-raises-5-5m-expand-non-physician-healthcare-practices/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=46b2d12493-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-46b2d12493-67648197
Feb 24 2015

According to a survey from Vitals, belonging to their health plan's network is far and away the primary factor in selecting a doctor and only 30% are fully satisfied with their current physician.

http://www.vitals.com/about/posts/press-center/press-releases/seventy-percent-americans-just-arent-doctor-patient-relationship