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Jan 19 2017

A PE firm is acquiring Cano Health and Comfort Health, two Florida primary care clinic firms.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/intandem-capital-buys-cano-health-and-comfort-health/
Jan 19 2017

PSA Healthcare, a pediatric home health care provider, is being acquired by PE firm Bain.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/bain-capital-to-acquire-psa-health/
Jan 19 2017

Hartwick Health, a health care reputation management company, claims it raised $14.75 million in new capital, but the new investors it named quickly said they did not invest.  Given the nature of the companyy's business, the story speaks for itself.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/reputation-management-hartwick-health/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=40763070&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FZKMNp4z7vNurAxrhQJSEFgGjpYFuof9bzcCufY7HgF478ktTQaXumbwGbEppnMITroWKuDH37BzO6We8HJ9rKVQuQp_48Z6PrEZc6PMyELLAsi0&_hsmi=40763070&rf=1
Jan 16 2017

DarioHealth garners $5.1 million in additional capital for its mobile glucose mobile monitoring mobile platform digital mobile, mobile, mobile, digital digital mobile, platform platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/dariohealth-closes-5-1-private-placement/
Jan 13 2017

Hearst Health is adding to its growing list of health care companies by purchasing the Work-Loss Data Institute, which publishes disability treatment guidelines and related workers' compensation data and will merge it with MGC Health, which also provides care guidelines.

https://www.mcg.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hearst-Acquires-WLDI-Press-Release.pdf
Jan 11 2017

Chinese pharmaceutical firm Yiling is investing $20 million in Israeli company HealthWatch, which makes "smart" (no, not chic or stylish) clothing, which has sensors to monitor a person's health.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yiling-pharmaceuticals-to-invest-20-million-in-healthwatch-300387645.html
Jan 11 2017

Pursuant Health, which is the old SoloHealth kiosk business, has successfully pursued $12.8 million in new capital.

http://pursuanthealth.com/2017/01/fundingpressrelease/
Jan 11 2017

Invitae invites AltaVoice into the corporate family, with the genetic data sharing firm buying the patient-centered data firm.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/invitae-acquires-patient-centered-data-company-altavoice-creating-new-offerings-to-advance-research-and-access-to-care-for-patients-with-inherited-and-rare-diseases-300386978.html
Jan 11 2017

HealthChannels, which owns ScribeAmerica and helps providers with documentation and other revenue management issues, has been recapitalized (i.e. bought) by a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/01/vscp-recaps-healthchannels/
Jan 10 2017

SnapMD snaps its fingers and gets an additional $3.2 million in financing for the most confusing description I have seen of a business, but sounds something like creating virtual digital health clinics?

http://medcitynews.com/2017/01/snapmd-virtual-care-platform/
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