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Dec 28 2014

First Opinion has gathered an additional $6 million in capital for its medical advice app.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/18/first-opinion-raises-6-million-in-series-a-from-polaris-partners-to-help-you-text/
Dec 26 2014

The Government Accounting Office has issued a very scary report regarding state and local government finances.  Largely due to health care costs, they are expected to be in a significant and growing deficit position through the 2050s.  Time to immediately reform Medicaid and government employee pensions and health benefits.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667623.pdf
Dec 25 2014

CareTech has been acquired by HTC Global Services.  Both companies provide IT services primarily for providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-company-caretech-acquired-hic-global/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1708772ce4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1708772ce4-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Assurex Health reassured investors and got $30 million in exchange to continue to build its pharmacogenomics business focused on pain and behavioral health.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/assurex-expands-personalized-medicine-cash/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5a50ab4b1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e5a50ab4b1-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Rubicon MD investors came across with $1.3 million in fresh capital to support an app to make specialty consultations efficient.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/rubiconmd-raises-1-3m-to-make-specialist-consults-more-efficient/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1708772ce4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1708772ce4-67677117
Dec 25 2014

Moda Health, a Portland-based health insurer, has raised $50 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/portland-insurer-moda-health-raises-50m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5a50ab4b1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e5a50ab4b1-67677117
Dec 22 2014

Anthem Health is acquiring Simply Healthcare, which offers Medicare and Medicaid plans, primarily in Florida.

http://ir.antheminc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130104&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2001440
Dec 22 2014

Startup Avhana Health is raising $750,000 to help hospitals deal with CMS' quality measures.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-startup-avhana-raising-750k/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0053a995ad-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0053a995ad-67648197
Dec 19 2014

Medicare is cutting payments to 721 hospitals by as much as 1% for their failure to improve infection rates and reduce other hospital-acquired conditions as much as CMS things they should.

http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/medicare-cuts-payments-to-721-hospitals-with-highest-rates-of-infections-injuries/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15357002&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8nBm5zUytNg8cfuSL1QqgxN9C2fRjOYz2rhdtDPgaxYFbTsi3LzPosNfSZJbWxNqD6qg4TGX5ji3XHxE9zq1iCVpN1RA&_hsmi=15357002
Dec 19 2014

AMN Healthcare Services, a large staffing firm, is acquiring three related businesses for $82.5 million, including Onward Healthcare, Locum Leaders and Medefis.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/pe-owned-amn-to-acquire-three-companies-for-82-5-mln/
Dec 19 2014

Investors have enlarged their investment in Amplify Health by $1.5 million to advance its ACO software products.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-startup-amplify-health-raising-1-5m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6e7b5b195b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6e7b5b195b-67648197
Dec 18 2014

SoloHealth, which uses telehealth stations to screen for and manage chronic diseases, has raised a lonely $4.3 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/using-telehealth-to-screen-for-chronic-conditions-solohealth-raises-over-4-3m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e2ae6d6bb6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e2ae6d6bb6-67648197
Dec 18 2014

Investors of the world, I beg you, I beg you, beg you, beg you; please stop this madness, I can't take it anymore!  Feverish investors have put a hot $9.6 million into a smartphone-connected thermometer offered by Kinsa, but they may be cool to the returns.

http://www.excointouch.com/news/2014/12/15/albion-and-sep-complete-3.2m-growth-investment-in-exco-intouch
Dec 18 2014

Exco Intouch, a UK-based provider of patient data collection for pharma companies, has touched investors for 3.2 million pound investment.

http://www.excointouch.com/news/2014/12/15/albion-and-sep-complete-3.2m-growth-investment-in-exco-intouch
Dec 18 2014

In emerging news, eMerge.Md, is merging with Avizia, in others words merging its emerging telemedicine software business with Avizia's emerging telemedicine hardware business.  Neither company has merged before so there is no remerging going on.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avizia-and-emergemd-merge-300007045.html
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