Mar 19 2015

Collective Health has garnered $38 million in new financing collectively from several investors for its employer group self-insurance platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/collective-health-snags-38-mln-series-b/
Mar 18 2015

Health care cost and utilization manager Magellan Health is acquiring 4D pharmacy systems for about $55 million to add a new dimension to its drug benefit management capabilities.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=902196
Mar 18 2015

Orb Health has "rounded"-up investors to provide $650,000 in seed money for a portal providing physicians with various data on a patient, including from wearables, EHRs, etc.  Outside my sphere of expertise.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/orbhealth-unveils-visualization-tool-help-consumers-understand-lab-results-communicate-w-mds/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4ed782b703-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4ed782b703-67677117
Mar 18 2015

Conversa Health has talked investors into handing it $2.5 million for its digital patient-provider communication tool.  Conversely, it's only the 80th company offering that functionality.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/conversa-health-pulls-2-5m-funding-appoints-cto-forms-medical-advisory-board/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4ed782b703-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-4ed782b703-67677117
Mar 17 2015

Health Catalyst has catalyzed investors to put another $70 million into its business of data warehousing and analytics.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/norwest-leads-funding-round-for-health-catalyst/
Mar 16 2015

Liaison Technologies has connected for another round of financing from Merck Ventures for its cloud-based data integration and management services, bringing total funding to $90 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/merck-global-health-innovation-fund-backs-liaison-technologies/
Mar 16 2015

Reltio has raised real money, $10 million, for its data-as-a-services business.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/reltio-raises-10-mln-from-crosslink-and-406/
Mar 14 2015

Eli Global, a health care information technology firm, has had its eye on IO Practicewear, which sells software for ophthalmology practice management, and is purchasing the firm.

http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2015/02/27/io-practiceware-acquired-by-eli-global-a-601816.html#.VQQ6j0K4l7M
Mar 14 2015

Decision Resources has decided to purchase Activate Networks, which identifies thought leaders in the life sciences.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/decision-resources-group-acquires-activate-networks-300043621.html
Mar 14 2015

Almost Family has a new child, after purchasing WillCare, another home health provider.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/02/25/almost-family-plans-second-largest-acquisition-in.html
Mar 14 2015

In a private equity trade, KKR is buying Air Medical from Bain Capital for around $2 billion.  Air Medical provides emergency helicopter transport.

http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/167506/kkr-to-buy-air-medical-in-a-2b-deal-from-bain-capital
Mar 13 2015

Summit Behavioral Healthcare has received an undisclosed investment from Flexpoint Ford to support its addiction treatment and behavioral health centers.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/flexpoint-ford-to-invest-in-summit-behavioral-healthcare/
Mar 12 2015

mySugr raised a sweet $4.8 million for its digital health solutions for diabetes patients, and will hopefully use some of that new funding to buy a capital M and an a for its name.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/03/diabetes-startup-racks-up-4-8-mln/
Mar 11 2015

According to the Government Accounting Office, your tax dollars are not always well spent, what a shock.  There were almost $125 billion in improper payments by the federal government last year, with the leading offender being Medicare at $60 billion and Medicaid  in third at $17.5 billion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/03/06/improper-payments-jumped-125-billion-for-federal-government-last-year/
Mar 11 2015

Kareo, which has cloud-based EHR and physician practice management software, has acquired DoctorBase, which facilitate doctor-patient communication.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150310/NEWS/150319999?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=hits