Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Hammond Kurt R.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/25/2015		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERGE HEALTHCARE INC [MRGE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
350 NORTH ORLEANS STREET, FIRST FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President, Sales & Marketing
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60654		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 50,230
D
 
Restricted Common Stock 150,750 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options 05/04/2011(2) 05/03/2016 Common Stock 100,000 $ 2.5 D  
Stock Options 04/05/2013(3) 04/04/2019 Common Stock 25,000 $ 3.09 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Hammond Kurt R.
350 NORTH ORLEANS STREET
FIRST FLOOR
CHICAGO, IL 60654		       President, Sales & Marketing  

Signatures

/s/ Julie Ann B. Schumitsch, by Power of Attorney for Kurt R. Hammond 03/06/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Restricted Stock Award granted pursuant to the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 shareholder approved employee benefit plan) of Merge Healthcare Incorporated. Restrictions on such shares shall lapse and such shares shall become immediately and fully vested to the extent of thirty three percent (33%) of such shares on November 5, 2015 and thirty four percent (34%) of such shares on November 5, 2016, subject to additional terms and conditions as set forth in the restricted stock award agreement.
(2) Nonqualified stock options to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of May 4, 2011, May 4, 2012, May 4, 2013 and May 4, 2014.
(3) Nonqualified stock options to purchase 6,250 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of April 5, 2014, April 5, 2015, April 5, 2016 and April 5, 2017.

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