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/
Jul 27 2017

CMS has released the draft payment rule for physicians for 2018.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-07-21/pdf/2017-14639.pdf
Jul 26 2017

Maven has raised $10.8 million to "revolutionize women's and family health", through its telehealth platform.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digital-health-company-maven-raises-108m-series-a-300493527.html
Jul 26 2017

PhysIQ, which uses wearables to gather information about clinical trial participants, has closed on $8 million in new funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/07/physiq-closes-8m-round-advance-beyond-pill-tech-support-development-acos/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_AsQNq2tt8LMFzS2DBnxO-412n1ruyjQjIiSZIOWodZq7PTfom1kWa2t9MfAWFFFzJeXOPz8zJTv7RtcWPk3NRxIwGWLjabPsF003B2s-K_Kpr2YQ&_hsmi=54638469&rf=1
Jul 26 2017

A PE firm has made a substantial investment in home health care franchisor ComforCare.  (Is that supposed to be Comfort Care?  Come for Care?  Come for Comfort Care?  We care if you're comfortable?  We make a comfortable profit on your Care?)

https://www.pehub.com/2017/07/riverside-backs-home-care-service-franchisor-comforcare/
Jul 26 2017

Hinge Health swings for the fences, gathering $8 million in fresh funding for its remote monitoring of chronic pain.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/07/hinge-health-remote-monitoring-for-chronic-pain/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9VAFuIfvvhwl1dXtK9BUdrVTvYLP8BkLeQSJW1KZikiGe5rxbc3JXLhG6gotl6Adf2g6ebsqyfwSE5UvT_WOUz6A1-gL3EnvGbF1B-AA-ymFsZnfg&_hsmi=54590751&rf=1
Jul 25 2017

Chartspan, which helps patients access medical records and communicate with providers, garners a fresh $16 million.

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/06/15/chartspan-greenville-sc/395722001/
Jul 24 2017

Gravie, which offers a new health benefits marketplace approach, has attracted $14.1 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/07/ge-ventures-leads-14-1-mln-for-gravie/
Jul 24 2017

PE firm KKR is buying WebMD for $2.8 billion, in the latest turn of the long-running saga of the online health information firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/07/kkr-to-buy-webmd-for-2-8-bln/
Jul 18 2017

Wellframe, which offers a care management platform, has raised $18 million in additional capital.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170712005868/en/F-Prime-Capital-Leads-15M-Investment-Wellframe