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Oh boy, Buoy Health gets a lift by raising $6.7 million in new funding for its digital tools that help people get the right care!! Sounds like a winner.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/health-tech-startup-buoy-health-rakes-in-6-7-mln-series-a/
Groove Health gets a cool $1.6 million for its medication adherence platform.
http://medcitynews.com/2017/08/groove-health/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9pHeJpCZkAxh7OojChxQkfCFlKwL12KUOjO_P1vpcNCxI6fCi-YnQHha7hAVQrWRSoYJth9tDbf3Bq_DZ6Gm9Lhe7X92tlUukRGmcHQhH5sKcrlPQ&_hsmi=55108005&rf=1
EnableComp, which helps health care providers maximize their payments from workers' compensation plans, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/primus-capital-backs-enablecomp/
A PE firm is buying Covenant Surgical Partners, which operates surgicenters in 37 locations.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/kkr-to-buy-covenant-surgical-partners/
Air Medical Group is buying American Medical Response for $2 billion, combining two large medical ambulance and transportation providers.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/kkr-backed-air-medical-to-buy/
German medical services and products company Fresenius is buying NxStage Medical, which offers home dialysis equipment and services, for $2 billion.
https://www.nephrologynews.com/fresenius-medical-care-acquire-nxstage-medical/?utm_source=newsletter_080817&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRRelpEQTNOVFJoTW1FMyIsInQiOiI2RnpDb210bU04TnBwVWhOd2k2dlJGNmEyc3krZTZpaTZPZHZ1MHZ3Z3B4eVZpYUJQTVwvZ1Z6K2hnbzZ5b0ZZZWJPY01QNlJXN0JqQ2tYMFM3VGpUb0t0ZE8zZ1hZdlJZNDhNbWpJbFYzN2Zpb1laWEViWWR4MkowR2RhYjNyWEgifQ%3D%3D
EHR and practice management software vendor Allscripts is buying McKesson's hospital enterprise software businesses for $185 million.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170803/NEWS/170809949?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170803-NEWS-170809949&utm_campaign=am
Lots of CRO deals lately. Now Evotec, a Germany-based vendor focusing on pre-clinical development, is acquiring Aptuit, which provides similar services, for $300 million.
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/evotec-to-fill-pre-ind-service-gap-300m-aptuit-buy?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1ObFlUQm1NalUxT1RrNCIsInQiOiJ6UENNRjVhazRoS2Yycjg2XC9ydEtXRmJRVDZQRzJMNEJ2UGdqQlwvYTBvS1JDWnpzZHFQRTN0TEZueXBFUlcyWFZqWDBcL3VsSXhiSWpZNWdnRVwvbW1LVk8yVFN0Tm5lN29CekJMdm5tdkhOUFdNRWU1XC9FamN1bnVhS3BEbWc3K0NCIn0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Accuity Delivery Systems, a provider of revenue cycle management software, raised an undisclosed amount in a new investment round.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/mts-backs-accuity-delivery-systems/
e-prescribing vendor EazyScripts gets an easy $2 million in new capital.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/eazyscripts-pulls-in-2-mln-series-a/
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