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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/
Cardinal Health is buying Johnson & Johnson's trouble interventional cardiology business, Cordis, for almost $2 billion.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150302/NEWS/150309997
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
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
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/
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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=
2016 Medicare Advantage Call Letter
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Health-Plans/MedicareAdvtgSpecRateStats/Downloads/Advance2016.pdf
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
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