mergers and acquistions
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Telehealth startups Salus, VideoMedicine merge, aim at big players
The new Salus Telehealth brings together a traditional telehealth and remote monitoring platform from Salus and a mobile app from VideoMedicine that connects consumers to physicians, including specialists.
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Apple said to acquire PHR vendor Gliimpse; should anyone care?
Fast Company said that Gliimpse makes “a personal health data platform that enables any American to collect, personalize and share a picture of their health data.” Haven’t we seen this movie before?
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Pfizer buying Medivation for $14B (updated)
Pfizer would be acquiring Xtandi, a blockbuster treatment for prostate cancer that is expected to generate annual sales of $1.33 billion by 2020, according to Bloomberg.
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Press Ganey being privatized in $2.35 billion deal (updated)
The deal will privatize South Bend, Indiana-based Press Ganey just 16 months after it had gone public.
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Med-mal insurer Coverys expands risk management, patient safety business with MRM acquisition
Coverys, which collects $420 million in malpractice premiums annually, has now completed five acquisitions in the last two years.
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After $371M merger, what comes next for LabCorp and Sequenom?
The two companies are perched on a risky, competitive genetic testing market valued in 2015 at $3 billion.
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Huron Consulting buying health IT implementation firm HSM (updated)
The deal will give Huron Consulting coverage of “virtually the full range” of commercial electronic health record products, the company said.
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DOJ sues to block Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers (updated)
The companies disagreed, though some more strongly than others. All four have vowed to defend their planned mergers in court.
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Updated: Philips acquires population health management vendor Wellcentive
The deal will allow Amsterdam-based Philips to augment its offerings in population health management.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Immuno-microbiome companies Evelo Biosciences and Epiva Biosciences merge
“It was driven by the recognition that fundamentally the biological platform for both companies was a mirror image. We both independently uncovered the biology of the immune-microbiome.”
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HealthTap integrates research summary provider Docphin after quiet acquisition
“It took time to make sure the service was ready,” Ron Gutman, HealthTap founder and CEO, said. “We made the announcement when they were ready and can serve our physicians well and patients well.”
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Providence St. Joseph Health wraps up merger, pledges $100M for mental health
The newly formed Providence St. Joseph Health comprises 50 hospitals, 829 clinics and affiliated social services in seven states, making it the third-largest nonprofit healthcare organization in the country.
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Morning Read: Medivation opens books to Sanofi as bidding war develops
Plus, Bristol-Myers Squibb acquires Comorant Pharmaceuticals, Google’s DeepMind gets access to eye scans at British hospital and a court rules that biosimilar makers must notify patent-holders six months before launching competitive products.
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5 must-read stories this week: McKesson-Change Healthcare deal, digital health lessons from Disney
Plus, a sound-based smartphone app may be an alternative to X-rays for detecting fractures, a health IT CEO loses it on social media and eClinicalHealth tackles remote monitoring for clinical trials.
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HealthRight and HealthNEXT merging in attempt to get population health right
Will the combined company be called HealthNEXTRight or HealthRightNEXT, both of which sound like traffic directions?
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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