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Audax has made an undisclosed investment in Corepoint Health, which offers software to help data exchange among providers.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/audax-invests-in-corepoint-health/
Avizia has received $4 million in new investment for its telemedicine business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/telemedicine-startup-avizia-raises-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1961524d2f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1961524d2f-67677117
Opargo has raised about $1.5 million to support a predictive analytics product that helps specialists with scheduling.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/predictive-analytics-scheduling-opargo-targets-2-5m-help-specialists-prioritize-patients/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1961524d2f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1961524d2f-67677117
VirMedica, which provides sales and marketing assistance to specialty pharma, has acquired TransEngen, which verifies authorization for payment for such drugs, for $15 million.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/virmedica-buys-transengen/
Thomson Street, a private equity firm, is acquiring Infinity Behavior Health.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/thomson-street-buys-infinity-behavior-health-services/
Imagine Health gets a non-imaginary $21 million in fresh capital for its unreal business of creating high-performance provider networks for employers.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/imagine-health-snags-21-mln-series-a/
$14 million has been plowed into Aventura, which workflow improvement tools for health care providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/aventura-raises-14-million-healthcare-tool-security-workflow-intersect/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=26b96c50c1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-26b96c50c1-67648197
A significant number of patients are not that happy with their physician, according to a survey from Vitals, and many experience long wait and scheduling times.
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/patients-are-still-looking-for-dr-right.html
CarePayment has received $100 million in additional financing to support its business of helping patients manage out-of-pocket costs.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/aequitas-capital-backed-carepayment-inks-100-mln-from-wells-fargo/
Drug store chain Rite Aid is buying Envision, a pharmacy benefits manger, for $2 billion.
https://www.pehub.com/2015/02/rite-aid-to-buy-pharmacy-benefit-manager-envisionrx-for-2-billion-reuters/
HealthStream has acquired HealthLine Systems to add to its line of workforce management solutions, including credentialing.
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Healthstream-expands-workforce-management-portfolio-via-acquisition-49821-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-feb%2016%202015&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3845872%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
ePatientfinder has raised $2.58 milllion for its clinical trial patient recruitment business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/online-clinical-trial-recruitment-platform-provider-epatient-finder-raises-2-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=228b2f3670-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-228b2f3670-67677117
Bivarus receives a $1.9 million investment to further its patient experience survey business.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/health-spinout-unc-raises-1-9m-smarter-patient-experience-survey-generator/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3fb76ec5e7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3fb76ec5e7-67677117
Investors have seeded MedaCheck with additional capital for its medication adherence product.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/medacheck-medication-adherence-platform-raises-new-capital/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ffd279fa2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ffd279fa2-67677117
Practo, an India based provider of physician search capabilities, has raised practically $20 million for growth and expansion to other countries.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/02/international-growth-a-priority-for-physician-search-and-scheduling-provider-in-30m-fundraise/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0ffd279fa2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0ffd279fa2-67677117
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.