Playmaker Health, a Nashville, TN-based provider of market intelligence to post-acute providers, has acquired one of its competitors, ViaDirect. Hospices, LTCs, SNFs and others are still in the early stages of using analytics to refine their strategies around referral sources, opportunities for market expansion, and everything in between. With the ViaDirect acquisition, Playmaker’s platform includes not just Medicare and commercial claims data, but Lexis/Nexus data analytics as well. This
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AdvancedMD Acquires NueMD to Expand Footprint by 27%
AdvancedMD, today announced it has acquired Marietta, Georgia-based Nuesoft Technologies (“NueMD”), a SaaS platform providing practice management, clinical and medical billing applications to simplify all aspects of running an independent practice. Post acquisition, AdvancedMD’s North American footprint will increase by 27%, expanding the total number of medical practice clients and practitioners to 11,000 and 33,000, respectively. AdvancedMD will retain NueMD offices in Marietta,
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Caradigm Sale – The Final Step in GE’s Exit From PHM/Value-based Care?
- On 13th June 2018, cancer informatics and digital pathology workflow vendor, Inspirata, announced that it was purchasing GE Healthcare’s remaining population health management (PHM) interest, Caradigm- This follows the announcement in April 2018 that GE Healthcare was selling its ambulatory value-based care business to Veritas Capital- This latest announcement now means that GE Healthcare has exited the population health management market from both an enterprise and ambulatory perspective- It
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Roche Acquires Rest of Foundational Medicine for $2.4B to Enhance Precision Medicine
Roche, today announced it has acquire all of the outstanding shares in Foundation Medicine that is not already owned by Roche and its affiliates for $2.4B, representing $137 per share. Together, the companies will leverage expertise in genomics and molecular information to enhance the development of perdsonalized medicines and care for patients with cancer.Foundation Medicine, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a market leading molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in
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Inspirata Acquires Caradigm to Expand its Cancer Information Data Trust
Inspirata, Inc., a Redmond, VA-based cancer informatics and digital pathology workflow solution, today announced it has acquired Caradigm from GE Healthcare. Inspirata plans to leverage Caradigm Intelligence Platform (CIP) and population health management platform to accelerate our Cancer Information Data Trust (CIDT) development. Inspirata’s Cancer Information Data Trust (CIDT) is a cancer big data platform that securely ingests, structures and manages clinical data, diagnostic images, anatomic
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GPB Capital Acquires Revenue Cycle Provider Health Prime International
GPB Capital, today announced it has acquired a majority ownership take in Health Prime International (HPI), a National Harbor, MD-based provider of practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. GPB Capital plans to optimize HPI’s product offerings by integrating HPI with its existing healthcare IT portfolio companies including Cantata Health, Itelagen Healthcare, MDS Medical, Meta Healthcare IT Solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not
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Medidata Acquires SHYFT Analytics for $195M to Power Digital Transformation in Life Sciences
Medidata today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SHYFT Analytics for $195 million in cash, closing the loop on clinical development with commercial and real-world data analytics. SHYFT Analytics cloud data analytics platform for life sciences provides insights on 45B patient records and 2M providers. Medidata's unified platform, pioneering analytics, and unrivaled expertise power the development of new therapies for over 1,000 pharmaceutical companies, biotech,
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Teladoc Acquires Global Virtual Care Provider Advance Medical for $352M in Cash and Stock
Virtual care provider Teladoc, today announced it has acquired Advance Medical, an international virtual care provider of telemedicine services across Europe, Asia, Latin America for $352 million cash and stock. Under the terms of the agreement, the purchase price consists of approximately $292 million in cash and $60 million of Teladoc common stock. With a broadened international footprint and the ability to offer an expanded set of clinical services worldwide, the combination creates the only
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ResMed to Acquire Home Health Software Provider HEALTHCAREfirst
ResMed, a global leader in connected healthcare solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held HEALTHCAREfirst, a provider of software solutions and services for home health and hospice agencies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1992, HEALTHCAREfirst offers electronic health record (EHR) software, billing and coding services, and advanced analytics that enable home health and hospice agencies to optimize their
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Anthem to Acquire Community-based Palliative Care Provider Aspire Health
Anthem, Inc., the country's second largest health insurer, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire Aspire Health, the nation’s largest non-hospice, community-based palliative care provider. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Founded in 2013 by former U.S. Senator and physician William Frist and Brad Smith, Aspire Health utilizes proprietary predictive clinical and claims-based patient
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