Founded in 2010 with a goal to enhance learning for children on the Autism Spectrum of Disorders (ASD), the Kansas City-based company provides data collection, practice management, and revenue cycle management solutions for autism therapy centers. 

Improving health outcomes in low-income populations is crucial to slowing rising healthcare costs in developed countries. Significant efforts have gone into driving productivity of hospitals and physicians, implementing checklists to standardize care for populations, and using historical cost data to forecast high-cost patients. Despite these efforts, we are not significantly better off today than we were 10 years ago, and overstretched healthcare budgets, especially for the low income, elderly and disabled, are threatening the financial stability of government balance sheets for generations to come. So, what are we missing?

Procured Health (Procured), a provider of data-driven technologies that improve patient care while also eliminating wasteful spending, announced today it has secured additional funding from healthcare industry investors, led by Heritage Group, a venture-capital firm backed by some of the nation's leading healthcare companies, and with participation from Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of HCA.

StudioNow, the leader in providing scalable video solutions for big brands, announced today its partnership with Yelp Inc., the San Francisco-based company that helps people find great local businesses. With a network of more than 10,000 highly-curated and vetted video professionals, StudioNow will provide on-demand video creation at an affordable price to the businesses that advertise on Yelp. 

As a result of the acquisition, Pathfinder has grown its headcount from 14 to 23 employees —  retaining Ensure Billing staff and hiring four more staffers. The additional staff are needed for the company’s burgeoning client base, which grew from 80 to 140 after the acquisition, Blackwood said. Pathfinder has clients across the nation and internationally.