Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of August 14, 2015

M&A, Financial Reports and Funding

Premier, a provider of health care supply chain and performance services, has acquired Healthcare Insights, a developer of financial management software, for $65 million.

Mobile EHR vendor drchrono has raised $2 million in a funding round with participation from multiple investors…Lemonade Lab, a fitness tracking application developer, has raised $5.8 million in a funding round led by FIH Mobile… CareDox, a mobile EHR vendor, has raised $1.2 million in a funding round with participation from multiple investors…PokitDok, a provider of a health care price comparison tool, has raised $34 million in a funding round with participation from undisclosed investors.

Contracts

CMS has selected SafeGuard Services‘ Medicare fraud identification and prevention services…theAmerican Academy of Family Physicians has selected HealthFusion‘s cloud-based EHR system…EmblemHealth, an insurer and wellness company, has selected EXL‘s suite of population health tools…CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic not-for-profit health system, has selected Wellcentive‘s value-based care and population health management tools…the Association of Mental Health Centers of Kansas has selected Care Management Technologies‘ analytics tool.

Fresenius Health Partners, a provider of care management services for patients with end-stage renal disease, has selected MedHOK‘s care management platform…the U.S. Coast Guard has selected InterSystems‘ health informatics platform…Providence Health & Services, a Washington state-based not-for-profit health system, has selected QPID Health‘s quality report and registry form preparation software.

The New England Healthcare Exchange Network has selected Cognizant and its subsidiaryTriZetto to manage its technology and information exchange infrastructure…Yampa Valley Medical Center in Colorado has selected CarePayment‘s patient financing services…CMS has selectedNational Government Services to process payments and audit letters under the meaningful use program…Modus Health, a developer of wearables, has selected Linchpin Strategies‘ lobbying services.

Product Development and Marketing

Liaison Technologies has integrated its data management and integration services into ClearDATA Networks‘ cloud computing platform… SwervePay Health has integrated its cloud-based payment process technology into Summit Software Technologies‘ EHR system…Valifyhas integrated its purchased services spending analytics software into MedAssets‘ purchased services consulting services.

Personnel

Joey Sudomir, former deputy CIO of not-for-profit health system Texas Health Resources, has been named CIO and senior vice president of innovative technology solutions at Texas Health Resources…Cheryl McKay — former nurse executive at Orion Health, a provider of population health management and health care integration services — has been named chief nursing officer at Orion Health…Jim Priebe — former COO at Bloom Health, a provider of employee health benefits — has been named CEO of Bloom Health.