Capital Finance
Medical technology manufacturer C. R. Bard Inc. announced Wednesday that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Medivance Inc. for approximately $250 million.
Analytix On Demand (AOD), a provider of software-as-a-service business intelligence solutions for healthcare, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Integrated Revenue Management, Inc. (IRM), a national healthcare consulting and education company with a focus on revenue cycle management. The newly created company headquartered in Irvine, Calif., will be called CentraMed.
Venture capital investment in New England dropped 45 percent in the most recent quarter, largely due to fewer deals in biotechnology and medical devices. The national trend is down, too, though not as much, according to a new report from the National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
As I've described previously, Meaningful Use Stage 1 was focused on the electronic capture of data into EHRs. The standards we specified included content and vocabulary but not transport.
As hospitals and doctors continue to merge at an accelerated rate, health systems will face significant risk management challenges, according to an analysis by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management arm of Aon Corporation.
Consulting firm TransUnion announced Tuesday it has acquired Denver-based Financial Healthcare Systems, provider of the real-time payment estimation tool ClearQuote.
For the first three quarters of 2011, the healthcare merger and acquisition market has posted 707 deals with a combined worth of $185.9 billion. Experts predict total healthcare M&A activity for the year will surpass 2010 by 20 percent, according to a new report from Irving Levin Associates.
Medical billing services provider MedData, Inc. announced Friday the acquisition of Data Management, Inc. (DMI), a provider of physician billing services to pathologists and emergency departments.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that the number of participants in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has nearly tripled, with more than 10,000 members – doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers – now delivering care to Americans in underserved communities nationwide.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $3.4 million to programs in 19 states working to improve the system of services for children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN).