Jan 08 2015

A Peterson-Kaiser blog post summarizes the data on US health use and unit prices versus other countries.  The data indicates that our utilization rates are not out of line but our unit costs are the highest.

http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/2015/01/how-u-s-utilization-and-price-of-healthcare-compare-to-other-countries/
Jan 08 2015

PipelineRx, the hospital telepharmacy firm, has acquired Quality Pharmacy Management, which provides complementary and similar services.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/pipelinerx-expands-telepharmacy-presence-acquisition-colarado/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc17f21570-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-cc17f21570-67648197
Jan 08 2015

Caremerge has acquired $4 million in fresh capital for its business of coordinating care for seniors.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/caremerge-attracts-4m-from-new-investors-to-add-up-to-20-new-staff-to-expand-care-coordination-for-seniors/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc17f21570-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-cc17f21570-67648197
Jan 07 2015

Bolder Healthcare Solutions, a revenue cycle management vendor,  has boldly purchased PPM Information Services, which offers a variety of administrative software to providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/pe-backed-bhs-buys-ppm-information-services/
Jan 07 2015

I am happy I am a luddite and invest my money in things like the lottery that have a better return possibility than other things I read about.  Bam Labs, for example, just got another $3.5 million for its bed that monitors sleep.

http://mobihealthnews.com/39278/bam-labs-gets-3-5m-for-clinical-and-consumer-sleep-monitoring/
Jan 07 2015

Ginger.io, another behavioral health analytics company, raised $20 million in capital from investors who aren't stepping too gingerly and are hoping the company can get out of the red.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/23/ginger-io-adds-20-million-in-funding/
Jan 07 2015

$18 million has been poured into Apervita, which is creating an "app" store whereby health care providers can share software they have developed for various purposes.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150107/INFO/301079991&utm_source=link-20150107-INFO-301079991&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jan 07 2015

GI Partners, an institutional investor, has acquired Logibec, a large Canadian vendor of health information technology software.

http://www.gipartners.com/news/gi-partners-to-acquire-logibec
Jan 06 2015

Constellation Software has acquired CareTracker, a physician practice management software company which was owned by the Optum subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

http://www.csisoftware.com/2014/12/constellation-acquires-caretracker-inc/
Jan 06 2015

AxelaCare, a provider of home infusion services, acquired Ambient Healthcare, which offers similar services in the southeast.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/pe-backed-axelacare-acquires-ambient-healthcare/
Jan 06 2015

Several investors provided an undisclosed amount of additional capital to Inflexxion, a vendor of behavior change programs.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/periscope-equity-fidus-investment-akoya-invest-in-inflexxion/
Jan 06 2015

iData Research says that the patient monitoring portion of the telemedicine market will grow to $5 billion in revenue by 2020.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/double-digit-growth-projected-in-the-us-telehealth-market-by-2020-led-by-bosch-healthcare-honeywell-and-medtronic-2014-12-29
Jan 06 2015

Noom has picked up $15 million, some of which will hopefully be used to search for a new name.  The company provides virtual coaches for consumers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/ny-digital-health-accelerator-grad-noom-raises-15m-rd/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f8c2104f0b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f8c2104f0b-67677117
Jan 06 2015

Well I'll be, Wellbe is raising $2.4 million to expand its service to help patients stick to care plans to areas other than orthopedics.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/patient-navigation-software-developer-wellbe-raises-2-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f8c2104f0b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f8c2104f0b-67677117
Jan 05 2015

Innovalon, a data and analytics vendor for health care firms, filed for an IPO to raise as much as $500 million, an indication that 2015 valuations may be as absurd as 2014's were.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/analytics-based-u-s-tech-firm-inovalon-files-for-ipo-reuters/