Dec 09 2014

Online patient appointment scheduling firm Qikwell has grabbed a $3 million investment.

http://inc42.com/buzz/qikwell-funding/
Dec 09 2014

InstaMed, a health care payments technology provider, has raised an additional $14 million in capital.

http://www.instamed.com/news-and-events/instamed-raises-14-million-in-new-capital/
Dec 09 2014

A German startup has secured $6.2 million to facilitate growth of its medical tourism business.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/02/medigo-picks-up-6-2m-led-by-accel-to-take-its-medical-tourism-marketplace-to-the-us-and-uk/
Dec 05 2014

CareCore National and MedSolutions are merging their cost and utilization control focussed businesses in a transaction that will create one of the largest care management vendors.

http://www.medsolutions.com/news/12-04-14.html
Dec 05 2014

Kaiser shows the power and attractiveness of e-visit capabilities, as it reveals that over half its visits are now occuring through video, mobile technology or secure messaging.  These visits tend to cost much less than an in-person visit, have similar quality and are more convenient for patients.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141204/BLOG/312049976&utm_source=link-20141204-BLOG-312049976&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Dec 05 2014

Care Message has secured a $3.7 million investment  to support its mobile phone apps to promote adherence to care plans.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-start-up-caremessage-raises-over-37-million-in-its-first-round-of-fundraising-282413351.html
Dec 05 2014

QHR, Canada's leading EHR vendor, is acquiring Medeo Corp., which enables communication between providers and patients, eh.

http://www.qhrtechnologies.com/investors/news/press-releases/stories/article11101401.aspx
Dec 05 2014

Maxwell Health will use its recent cash infusion of $26.4 million to broaden its wellness product line and offer additional functionality to health plans.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/employee-benefits-business-maxwell-health-will-use-series-b-towards-product-portfolio-adding-staff/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=849946a314-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-849946a314-67677117
Dec 04 2014

Jointly Health, which was a bad name, is now calling itself Sentrian, and has raised $8 million jointly from several investors who are now financially less healthy, for its data analytics business to help prevent readmissions and other avoidable hospitalizations.

http://www.sentrian.com/jointly-health-becomes-sentrian/
Dec 04 2014

PDR Network, the publisher of Physicians Desk Reference and other drug information, has acquired LDM Group, which provides information on patient behavior.

http://www.pdrnetwork.com/about-pdr-network/press-releases/2014/11/03/newpdr
Dec 04 2014

Elm Creek Partners has acquired The Care Group, which provides home care in the Houston market.

http://pepdigest.com/2014/12/elm-creek-partners-acquires-the-care-group-of-texas/
Dec 04 2014

The Government Accounting Office finds that a few large health plans account for almost all membership in the country and their share is growing.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667245.pdf
Dec 04 2014

RedBrick, a patient engagement and wellness company, said that a study of members who completed their programs showed significant weight, blood pressure and cholesterol level improvement compared to similar patients who did not participate in a program.

https://home.redbrickhealth.com/pressrelease/large-scale-research-study-finds-redbrick-journeys-reduce-biometric-health-risks-improve-health-habits/
Dec 03 2014

CMS' Revised Shared Savings Program Rules

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-28388.pdf
Dec 03 2014

An article in the Annals of Internal Medicine does a metareview of research on the effects of health information exchanges, finding very limited evidence for a possible reduction in ER use, and no clear evidence of other benefits.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1983413