A PE firm is acquiring Asperion Health Resources, which helps hospitals and other providers get paid for complex claims which may have unusual sources of payment.
PE firm Marlin Equity Partners is buying Virgin Pulse, a wellness company, and merging it with Redbrick Health, another wellness company just acquired by Marlin.
Credit bureau TransUnion furthers its push into health care, buying Healthcare Payment Solutions, which helps providers optimize Medicare reimbursement.
Getting off to a decent start, Decent has raised $8 million for some gibberish about using crypto and blockchain to provide a nervous system for health care. Seriously, what moron writes these press releases and thinks they will impress any intelligent person.
ConnectiveRx, which helps specialty and brand drug manufacturers and pharmacies with reimbursement and patient engagement, is buying The Macaluso Group, a technology vendor to specialty pharmacies.
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