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Aug 08 2017

Air Medical Group is buying American Medical Response for $2 billion, combining two large medical ambulance and transportation providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/kkr-backed-air-medical-to-buy/
Aug 08 2017

German medical services and products company Fresenius is buying NxStage Medical, which offers home dialysis equipment and services, for $2 billion.

https://www.nephrologynews.com/fresenius-medical-care-acquire-nxstage-medical/?utm_source=newsletter_080817&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRRelpEQTNOVFJoTW1FMyIsInQiOiI2RnpDb210bU04TnBwVWhOd2k2dlJGNmEyc3krZTZpaTZPZHZ1MHZ3Z3B4eVZpYUJQTVwvZ1Z6K2hnbzZ5b0ZZZWJPY01QNlJXN0JqQ2tYMFM3VGpUb0t0ZE8zZ1hZdlJZNDhNbWpJbFYzN2Zpb1laWEViWWR4MkowR2RhYjNyWEgifQ%3D%3D
Aug 07 2017

EHR and practice management software vendor Allscripts is buying McKesson's hospital enterprise software businesses for $185 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170803/NEWS/170809949?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170803-NEWS-170809949&utm_campaign=am
Aug 03 2017

Lots of CRO deals lately.  Now Evotec, a Germany-based vendor focusing on pre-clinical development, is acquiring Aptuit, which provides similar services, for $300 million.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/evotec-to-fill-pre-ind-service-gap-300m-aptuit-buy?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1ObFlUQm1NalUxT1RrNCIsInQiOiJ6UENNRjVhazRoS2Yycjg2XC9ydEtXRmJRVDZQRzJMNEJ2UGdqQlwvYTBvS1JDWnpzZHFQRTN0TEZueXBFUlcyWFZqWDBcL3VsSXhiSWpZNWdnRVwvbW1LVk8yVFN0Tm5lN29CekJMdm5tdkhOUFdNRWU1XC9FamN1bnVhS3BEbWc3K0NCIn0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Aug 03 2017

Accuity Delivery Systems, a provider of revenue cycle management software, raised an undisclosed amount in a new investment round.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/mts-backs-accuity-delivery-systems/
Aug 03 2017

e-prescribing vendor EazyScripts gets an easy $2 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/eazyscripts-pulls-in-2-mln-series-a/
Aug 03 2017

Contract research firm Icon is buying Mapi, which provides data and analysis on the economic and other outcome benefits of drugs.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/icon-enhances-commercialization-arm-mapi-buy-reports-record-q2?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldaaE5tUTBNREkxTURFMCIsInQiOiIrcHNGbUhXcUZTcjdGMmpwakxRRjdMZUU3QVVcL1RSRmlHcVo3Vm5UWjZyY2F2SDN3TXdXOTBpVmxsRVJNREl0TFFmQ1hhMHh5XC9lRzJEaFBiQ1NoTGw4Z3dJYjFBRmFXU0pCY2YzWlwvUFkxeFVRajdLRCtPRjRRbXcySlRUSzVHQyJ9&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Aug 02 2017

This is what happens when you don't have a fruit in your company name, you get sold.  Nursing home pharmacy chain Pharmerica is being bought by a PE firm for $1.4 billion.  No word yet on whether the name will be changed to Pharnana.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/kkr-to-buy-pharmerica-corp-for-1-4-bln/
Aug 02 2017

Must be a fruity day, as Limelight Health garners $7 million in new funding for its employee health benefits enrollment, etc. software.  What's next--a company named Apple?

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/limelight-health-raises-7-million-to-expand-employee-benefits-quote-to-enrollment-platform-300497409.html
Aug 02 2017

In a nutty idea, chronic disease prevention firm Fruit Street has raised $8 million, mostly from physicians, which should be a tipoff to other investors (physicians are legendary for the investing acumen (not)).

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/07/prweb14542992.htm
Aug 01 2017

NextGen, an EHR vendor which is a unit of Quality Systems, is acquiring EagleDream Health for around $26 million.  EagleDream provides analytics to improve practice performance.

https://bridge.nextgen.com/media/4511/NextGen_Healthcare_Agrees_to_Acquire_EagleDream_Health_Inc.pdf
Aug 01 2017

Clinical lab giant LabCorp is expanding its oncology offerings for clinical trials by purchasing Chiltern International for $1.2 billion.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chiltern-m-a-laboratory-corp-idUSKBN1AG13R
Jul 27 2017

MedPAC puts out a data backed report of details of Medicare spending.

http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/data-book/jun17_databookentirereport_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Jul 27 2017

Research published in JAMA Cardiology found minimal differences in medication use or adherence for Medicare heart disease patients in ACOs compared to those not in ACOs.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.3502/full
Jul 27 2017

Signature Medical gets $2.5 million in new capital for its wearable to monitor heart failure patients.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/07/digital-healthcare-company-signature-medical-nabs-2-5-mln-series-a/
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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