Jan 06 2017

Genetic testing firm PatientsLikeMe, gets $100 million in new investment from a Chinese firm that likes it.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/05/patientslikeme-gets-million-investment-from-chinese-entrepreneur/25mNWOMy53YuiSAW8kuDRM/story.html
Jan 05 2017

Price transparency, and not very transparent, firm Castlight is acquiring Jiff, a digital health benefits platform, for 27 million of its overvalued shares.  Want a sign of what a desperate deal this is--Jiff shareholders are getting 20% of Castlight, a public company, while Jiff has $7 million in revenue to Castlight's still pathetic $102 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170105/NEWS/170109964?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170105-NEWS-170109964&utm_campaign=financedaily
Jan 05 2017

Specialty behavioral health pharmacy operator Genoa Healthcare has acquired Advanced Pharmacy Solutions, which is in the same business in a few southern states.

http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/genoa-acquires-advanced-pharmacy-solutions
Jan 04 2017

HM Health Solutions, which offers software for health plans, is acquiring the print-to-mail division of Guidewell.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hm-health-solutions-announces-acquisition-of-guidewells-fulfillment-business-to-support-long-term-growth-strategy-300384801.html
Dec 30 2016

Clarify Health Solutions gathers $6 million in financing to provide analytics for hospitals, as far as I can tell.  Despite the company's name, it is not clear to me what they actually will do or why it is any different that 1000 other analytics platforms.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13887037.htm
Dec 29 2016

HealthCare Partners, the medical group unit of DaVita, is buying another physician practice, WellHealth Quality Care, located in Nevada.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-partners-nevada-to-acquire-wellhealth-quality-care-300382651.html
Dec 29 2016

Clinical Research IO gets $1.6 million in new capital to bring yet another electronic data capture for clinical trials product to market.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/esource-clinical-research-io-raises-1-6m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39865242&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ZKW422WC8d4JS_ZpEUB-933OMgs8ORT2zLOi91HhDdDcZssX586osUdy8xLRPOfwhNCKx2CYjClX3mZEIHoXftgEsfyJh4Rwws13Jc_pW6I326dc&_hsmi=39865242&rf=1
Dec 28 2016

British firm everyLIFE Technologies, whICH proVIDES softWARE to supPORT care givERS in the home, has raiSED over 4 milLION pounds in new inVESTment.

http://techcitynews.com/2016/12/16/farnham-based-everylife-technologies-closes-4-13m-series-a/
Dec 28 2016

In a somewhat complex maneuver, publicly health population health company ApolloMed and Network Medical Management, an IPA management company, are merging.  The combined company will have revenues over $300 million and NMM shareholders will end up with over 80% of the merged entity.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollomed-and-network-medical-management-announce-transformational-merger-300383185.html
Dec 28 2016

Health insurance broker Hilb Group is acquiring Endeavor Insurance, in the same business.

http://hilbgroup.com/hilb-group-acquires-south-carolina-based-endeavor-insurance-services-inc/
Dec 21 2016

Mediware, which provides health care and social services software, is being sold from one PE firm to another.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/thoma-bravo-to-sell-mediware-to-tpg/
Dec 21 2016

HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards.  That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/thousands-clinicians-will-get-hit-pocketbook-meaningful-use-penalties?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldZeE56QTJZV0UwT0RNMyIsInQiOiJMMVRhQzh6T3V6Z0FzZU9hT3A3Uzc0TUF1eE5VeUNkaGc2RDQ5c3BEUkNIaVFmdG90Q21cL1hXMkpBbnhLdkhFaEVVMzlVaXJYYUtEUUxrTVZZUlhmNlFRbDJSOW5RUUVtSWtueWx1dDdkQlVhc0ZzSGx5R3YwWkJ2eENlc0F2dXoifQ%3D%3D
Dec 21 2016

GreatCall, which monitors health information in a patient's home, is buying HealthSense, which wires up elderly patient's homes and does monitoring in assisted living and nursing home facilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/greatcall-acquires-healthsense/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39603592&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8T1HkZ8f21opFGvb0FY0nFmjotSe4AN5hqcv4_cEiPukDX_B3wfw1GZxbgYylvsBVcoog4sHuJsUYvuvLMDqqYnUwqeYveWrToOGVRpFWRVka4gMc&_hsmi=39603592
Dec 20 2016

Zipari gets a quick $7 million in fresh funding for its health plan CRM system and analytics.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13936698.htm
Dec 19 2016

Cota, which helps oncologists analyze genetic data, has raised $18 million in new funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/informatics-cota-raises-18m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39430923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KpGXypd-w5hdsXA-9Q6WThhf75jMmWoRLn5UCDyTS8o-CvKwuQ45KfSSXkhBb_Nx7HgbQuLGFMeyPJu8BI6DkmZcEAJAZzuS8HKGYg7uBja5IuRE&_hsmi=39430923&rf=1