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Oct 08 2014

Contract research organization INC Research is filing for an IPO.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/pe-backed-inc-research-files-for-ipo/
Oct 08 2014

Maestro Healthcare Technology has conducted an acquisition of Workable Solutions, which offers private insurance exchange billing services.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140923006420/en/Maestro-Healthcare-Technology-Acquires-Leading-Private-Exchange#.VDLzXktq4qc
Oct 08 2014

EpharmaSolutions, which offers software to help with clinical trial data gathering and analysis, is being acquired by WIRB-Copernicus Group, a provider of regulatory and ethical review services.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epharmasolutions-joins-the-wirb-copernicus-group-276904081.html
Oct 07 2014

CMS will be penalizing over 2600 hospitals in 2015 for their hospital readmission rates, notwithstanding an overall reduction in readmissions, further pointing our how wrong-headed the initiative is.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141002/NEWS/310029947&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily&AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTRDdlNjL1IzSkUvSHRlRUtwajA0ZEErSmE=
Oct 07 2014

A brief report in the American Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy finds that greater medication adherence is associated with medical cost reductions that more than offset the cost of the drugs.

http://www.amcp.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=18569
Oct 07 2014

Nextech Systems, a provider of EHR systems for specialty physicians, has acquired MDIntelleSys, the leading opthamology EHR.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/nextech-to-acquire-mdintellesys-the-leading-cloud-based-ehr-for-eye-care-1953069.htm
Oct 07 2014

Zywave, which provides employee benefits software,  has acquired Plan Doc Builder, which helps employers generate ERISA compliant health plan documents.

http://www.zywave.com/corporate-news/2014/09/17/zywave-acquires-plan-doc-builder-strategic-recovery-partnership/
Oct 07 2014

I am clearly too dated to understand today's investing world.  Glow, which provides a fertility tracking app, has raised $17 million.  (Insert pregnant pause)

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/02/glow-brings-in-17m-in-new-funding-as-puts-big-data-to-task-with-fertility-challenges/
Oct 06 2014

The world keeps getting creepier.  Beyond Verbal has raised $2.8 million in financing to expand its service of analyzing emotions from raw voice files.  While the health applications may be great, some other uses are troubling.

http://www.beyondverbal.com/media/media-mentions/globes/
Oct 06 2014

Nightingale Informatix has obtained $4.2 million in fresh financing for its EHR business.

http://www.nightingalemd.com/can/nightingale-announces-closing-42-million-investment-led-beedie-capital-partners
Oct 06 2014

Analytics and reimbusement maximization firm Zirmed has acquired Methodcare, which offers big data analytics to health care organizations.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zirmed-acquires-methodcare-to-broaden-its-saas-platform-and-enterprise-reach-277067431.html
Oct 06 2014

Spruce Health has raised $2 million to develop another app which connects consumers to doctors for common health concerns.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/25/spruce-health-launches-virtual-doctor-app-raises-2m-seed-round/
Oct 06 2014

CareFusion, the large hospital supply company, is being acquired by Becton Dickinson, now known as BD, for $12.2 billion.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/CareFusion-Sells-for-More-Than-12-Billion-Dollars-48946-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-oct%206%202014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&ET=healthdatamanagement%3Ae3156290%3A3722900a%3A&st=email
Oct 03 2014

MedAware, which provides data analytics in regard to use of prescription meds, has received $1 million in financing.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/ourcrowd-and-ge-ventures-backs-medaware/
Oct 02 2014

Despite the change in Medicare reimbursement designed to ensure more appropriate prescribing for in-office oncology drugs, a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that oncologists continued to prescribe such medications at the same or an increased rate.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/219216-study-cancer-costs-skyrocketed-despite-drug-cuts
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