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Nov 14 2017

Health plan broker HealthMarkets has acquired TeamUP Insurance Services, which primarily serves as an agent for Medicare plans in Southern California.

http://www.healthmarketsinc.com/2017/healthmarkets-acquires-teamup-insurance-services/
Nov 14 2017

AugmentCare adds to its funding, get a $1 million for its app to connect patients and providers in Pakistan.

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/augmentcare-seed--4ca3d28f
Nov 14 2017

Investors they plopped another $14.8 million into InterAxon, which makes the Muse headband that will help you track your brain activity and meditative state.  Apparently it gave a zero reading for these investors, which they misunderstood as a good thing.

https://www.pehub.com/canada/2017/11/3480588/
Nov 13 2017

Patient relationship management software firm Welkin Health has garnered $8 million in a capital round.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/09/thrive-capital-leads-health-tech-startup-welkin-healths-8-million-series-a/
Nov 13 2017

Rightway Healthcare captures $2 million in capital to help consumers understand and effectively use their health benefits.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/rightway-healthcare-gets-2m-help-employees-make-most-health-benefits
Nov 13 2017

Okay, I can't help myself.  Natural Cycles, a Europe-based firm that provides a fertility tracking app for women, has raised $30 million in additional funding.  Seems to me like a natural coupling would be with that Roman company posted on last week, the one that helps men with ED.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/09/natural-cycles-gets-30m-for-its-eu-certified-digital-contraception/?ncid=mobilerecirc_recent
Nov 10 2017

The American Medical Association is investing $15 million in a startup incubator called Health 2047, with hopes it will provide technology solutions to help physicians.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ama-invests-15-million-launch-silicon-valley-innovation-hub-health2047
Nov 10 2017

A study in the Journal of Health Economics finds that a Danish policy encouraging same-day hospital discharge for uncomplicated births decreases the child's future scholastic performance and leads to more readmissions.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629616302351
Nov 09 2017

Eye Care Leaders, which offers a suite of software and services to support eye care practices, keeps an eye on the future with a keen vision, acquiring iMedicWare, which offers revenue cycle software for ophthalmologists and optometrists.

http://eyecareleaders.com/2017/10/16/eye-care-leaders-acquires-imedicware-to-launch-fully-integrated-technology-platform-for-ophthalmology/
Nov 09 2017

Large health care IT vendor Harris Healthcare has acquired Clinix Medical Information Systems which offers billing software for providers.

http://www.harriscomputer.com/en/news/?date=1508472000&article=harris-rsquo-us-healthcare-group-acquires-clinix-medical-information-systems-llc-
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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