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Mar 09 2018

PierianDx, which helps labs manage genomic information, has raised a round of $3 million in capital.

https://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/pieriandx-raises-3m-new-funding-seeks-2m-more
Mar 09 2018

Lindora, a supervised weight loss and wellness company, has received a round of beautiful additional financing.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180220006676/en/Lindora-Receives-Additional-Growth-Capital
Mar 09 2018

According to a TransUnion report, average out-of-pocket health care spending by consumers rose 11% from Q4 2016 to Q4 2017, going from $1630 to $1813.

https://newsroom.transunion.com/patient-payment-responsibility-increases-11-in-2017/
Mar 09 2018

The Healthy Billion, one of the weirdest names ever for a company, raises $2.1 million in capital for its health care data analytics product.

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/thb-series-unknown--254b65d5
Mar 08 2018

CentralReach, which provides EHR and practice management software for behavioral and speech therapy providers has received a new investment from a venture capital fund.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/insight-venture-partners-invests-in-centralreach-300599913.html
Mar 08 2018

Wildflower Health blooms, finding $8 million in new capital for its mobile app that focuses on connecting women with health care.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/03/prweb15283622.htm
Mar 08 2018

Transparency Life Sciences acquires an opaque $5 million to support its software to digitize and patient-centrize clinic trials.  Clear?

http://transparencyls.com/files/PDF/TLS_Series_A.pdf
Mar 08 2018

In yet another massive attempt to remake the health system, or at least change your declining fortunes, Cigna is buying PBM Express Scripts for $67 billion.  This makes Cigna more like UnitedHealth and Aetna, if the CVS merger goes thru, in having a substantial stake in the pharmaceutical game, and it will whack UnitedHealth's OptumRx unit, as it currently works for Cigna.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/health-insurer-cigna-is-close-to-buying-express-scripts.html
Mar 07 2018

Innovation, which has struggled to find profitability, is acquiring Ability Network, which provides various communication and administrative functionality for providers and payers, for a whopping $1.2 billion.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/07/1417432/0/en/Inovalon-to-Acquire-ABILITY-Network.html
Mar 07 2018

Wellness and patient information vendor Staywell is acquiring Provata, a population health company.

https://www.staywell.com/news/staywell-acquires-provata-health
Mar 07 2018

Digital health coaching company Pack Health receives an investment from Coverys, a medical liability insurer.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pack-health-announces-strategic-investment-from-coverys-300583174.html
Mar 07 2018

PE firm Roundglass Partners is acquiring Curofy, which has an app to facilitate communication between doctors.

https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/roundglass-partners-acquires-curofy--b91f74f4
Mar 06 2018

Health care staff recruiter Nomad Health finalizes a $12 million financing round.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/nomad-health-closes-12m-series-b-add-states-healthcare-recruitment-business/
Mar 06 2018

Investors pour $40 million in fresh capital into Cota, which attempts to segment and group cancer patients more precisely and identify the best treatment for them.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/03/cota-wraps-40m-series-c-round-boost-cna-system/