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Jul 27 2016

No more wandering for Nomad Health as the online freelance medical work platform finds a home for $4 million in additional capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/nomad-health-inks-4-mln/
Jul 27 2016

In a huge announcement with gigantic implications, enormous(ly little) digital health company Big Health, which has a sleep app called Sleepio (I am getting very sleepy, very sleepy), has raised a titanic $12 million in new capital from mammoth investors.  oooohhhhh, just what we need, another digital health company.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/medical-devices/digital-health-company-big-health-snares-12m-financing-round?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVdReU1EZzNPV1F6WkdZMiIsInQiOiJQcVhkNzNBRG90QXB6ZzlxZ2RNdUlaMzZYbW9JekNXOUxVcjI4Z2dnbm91TWJiaGtRbmhOckNtSGN2Z2R0WUxmc1wvNVN1dit0RVdWQnhiUHcxOWlOK3F1Tkk1SUl4bW5JSmFRTmpuYXZPQzg9In0%3D
Jul 26 2016

CMS' hospital stars program is already drawing fire for the same issues as the readmission penalty initiative has--disproportionate punishment of hospitals serving sicker, poorer patients.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/cms-star-ratings-favor-smaller-hospitals-lower-risk-patients?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRNME0yRTFNVGt4WVRGbSIsInQiOiJFWkRFQTZsdTNYNWVOSUwzN0VPSENXTHFNQXRQZmJwZU5Ga1ZoNE40SStzaW5YXC9rR3dwdURTa3I3ME4yOWFMWHlnZjZRZXgyeXBuR1dWbldrRGozWGhBK05jWHpGdDFyXC9nYjJrTzRLWFVzPSJ9
Jul 26 2016

Onsite health clinic operator Premise Health has acquired Transform Health, which is in the same business.

http://www.premisehealth.com/premise-health-acquires-transformhealthrx/
Jul 26 2016

Goldman Sachs snacks on Marathon Health, investing $30 million in the provider of worksite health centers.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/goldman-sachs-invests-30-million-in-marathon-health-2141594.htm
Jul 22 2016

AristaMD, which offers a platform to support referrals, gathers $11 million in fresh capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3344470/
Jul 21 2016

Hearst Health is buying health plan management and analytics vendor MedHOK from its current PE owner.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/spectrum-to-sell-medhok-to-hearst/
Jul 21 2016

Continuing a trend of large multi-nationals trying to get more health business, Phillips is buying population health company Wellcentive.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/07/philips-wellcentive/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31928217&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tSKCOUDb8UBcIE7CZ2JGBWcGcjN-wc2NjYQ4Itm6tApCi4C81BuWtoMiZi5bIgJJezqOxGJz22AWS5PmqGLU5HkjMWp9ulGNihJ8-ljIXwTXEFv8&_hsmi=31928217&rf=1
Jul 18 2016

Azalea Health has raised another $10.5 million to support its flowering  business of servicing physician practices.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/azalea-health-scores-10-5-mln-series-b/
Jul 14 2016

Caremerge gets $14 million in additional capital for its care coordination tools aimed at post-acute care.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/07/3343052/