Share of Cost, UnitedHealth Ups Ante On Health IT With Purchase Of Picis, Expecting Stimulus Windfall
Share of Cost, UnitedHealth Ups Ante On Health IT With Purchase Of Picis, Expecting Stimulus Windfall — Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal: UnitedHealth Group’s technology consulting subsidiary Ingenix, of Eden Prairie, Minn., has purchased Massachusetts tech firm Picis, a maker of emergency room and intensive care software. “Both companies are deeply involved in the area where health care and information technology meet. Ingenix, which had revenue of $1.8 billion last year, provides consulting and outsourcing to almost 6,000 hospitals. Picis, which has its headquarters in Wakefield, Mass.