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
Feb 24 2015

Investors have, not rashly we hope, have put a fresh $5 million into teledermatology company Iagnosis.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/teledermatology-business-targets-5m-to-roll-out-dermatologists-on-call-app/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e0c19c0d87-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e0c19c0d87-67648197
Feb 23 2015

HIT company Nexus AG has purchased quCare Solutions from Symphony Technologies to expand its EHR offerings in Europe.

http://www.qucare.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:qucare-solutions-finds-new-strategic-partner-in-nexus-ag&catid=1:news&Itemid=66
Feb 23 2015

Continuing a trend of provider systems looking to become insurers, Ascension Health is buying a Michigan Health insurer, U.S. Health and Life Ins. Co., for $50 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150220/NEWS/150229987?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL&utm_campaign=am&mh=
Feb 22 2015

2016 Medicare Advantage Call Letter

http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Health-Plans/MedicareAdvtgSpecRateStats/Downloads/Advance2016.pdf
Feb 21 2015

Jintronix gets up to $5 million for its rehab and physical therapy software business.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/jintronix-raising-5m-scale-digital-pt-assessment-tool-business/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9fb75d3048-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-9fb75d3048-67648197
Feb 20 2015

According to research in the British Medical Journal, primary care doctors who dress more formally are often more trusted by and develop better rapport with patients, although the results may vary by age, specialty and other demographic factors.

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/1/e006578.abstract?sid=17a0d689-f452-4247-a8fa-e1fe9348ffc0