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Sep 14 2017

Medicaid managed care vendor Centene is expanding into New York by spending $3.75 billion to buy Fidelis Care.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/centene-in-a-3-point-75-billion-deal-for-new-york-medicaid-leader-fidelis-care.html
Sep 11 2017

Phil (get it, a really clever pun for a name), a comprehensive medication phulphillment and delivery service, phills up on capital, getting $10 million in new phunding.

http://www.crosslinkcapital.com/blog/phil-accelerates-growth-with-national-expansion-and-10m-series-a-funding/
Sep 11 2017

Charm Health, an Australian vendor of oncology practice software, charms a PE firm into acquiring it for an undisclosed sum.

http://www.one-ventures.com.au/news-story/2017/09/04/citadel-group-aquires-oneventures-portfolio-company-charm-health
Sep 11 2017

Personal genomics company 23andme, which has endured its share of controversy, is raising $200 million in new capital.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/05/23andme-is-raising-about-200-million-led-by-sequoia/
Sep 08 2017

Tele-therapy vendor Talkspace talks investors out of a fresh $31 million in financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/09/text-based-therapy-business-talkspace-maps-path-expansion/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VwW4c4uJ5eS5Xyx3-UjxTgE7prmSNMt1i6RKlVbOR9Z-sNzjUfZPDLEMZSJKIQjnlv0ASbbjb8b96yH5OO_s4EnLYV20EwLDgo8oXRXnxJn9PW9E&_hsmi=56112273&rf=1
Sep 08 2017

Publicly held PACE program pharmacy company Tabula Rasa is acquiring SinfoniaRx, a medication therapy management firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/09/pe-backed-tabula-rasa-buys-sinfoniarx/
Sep 07 2017

According to a survey from the Medical Group Management Association, wait times both to get an appointment and to see the doctor once you show up, have declined in the last year, and they both are shorter for independent physician groups than for hospital-owned ones.

https://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/patient-engagement/survey-wait-times-down-patient-portal-use-medical-practices
Sep 06 2017

Large workers' compensation managed care firm Genex has acquired pain management company Prium.

http://www.wcauthority.com/article/20170901/NEWS08/912315595/Genex-acquires-pain-intervention-program-provider-Prium?utm_campaign=BI20170906WorkersComp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
Aug 31 2017

I only add this because I love the name.  German firm Selapy, which offers online therapy (particularly for investors) has raised a seed round of capital.

https://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/en/selfapy-secures-seven-figure-funding/