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Mar 11 2020

Rivet goes nuts and tells a riveting story to investors to nail down $8.5 million in new financing before it bolts away and screws those investors.  The company helps providers track insurance contracts and billings.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/03/startup-raises-8-25m-to-help-physicians-track-payments/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84573373&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_MSCadkY9ttki2F80GWn805WfIU5jqTjdi7AKHK8TVS0GuV-zQZVrICX-NcG1dDqBtMq5UsiWFvc2EYlNJPvlOjvwpsjqXPPf5d0DiVyblcdSoFyc&_hsmi=84573373&rf=1
Mar 10 2020

Two large benefit consulting and brokerage firms are combining, with AonHewitt set to buy WillisTowersWatson in a $30 billion transaction.  The combination should raise serious antitrust concerns.

https://www.benefitnews.com/articles/aon-to-purchase-willis-towers-in-30-billion-deal?position=editorial_2&campaignname=EBN%20Insurance%20Newscast-03092020&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBN_Daily_Insurance+Newscast%2B%27-%27%2B03092020&bt_ee=%2FcqJmZ03QER3kZdHrizdvnhCtMIidIO44C809z86tAuIzU5KApUIsTcqh0xZow4U&bt_ts=1583791234120
Mar 09 2020

Fruit Health becomes the apple of investors' eyes, as they go bananas over the virtual diabetes prevention program vendor, putting $17 million into the company.  Orange you glad I told you this.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/03/funded-by-physicians-fruit-street-health-raises-17m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84447631&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81bC4XdDvu-h7FPHL6NLuyTsFFapT_p3ikfjOpdVb46V35JJPA12tFex1Vos1-xjljlm5snTPkobJ1minvc3SaoqJ-FMLXYL69giuT1EpFi4O9uJg&_hsmi=84447631
Mar 05 2020

Alignment Healthcare, a vendor of Medicare Advantage plans, raises an additional $135 million in funding.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2020/03/04/alignment-healthcare-lands-135m-investment-to-grow-medicare-advantage/#7e7a8a221407
Mar 03 2020

K Health, which is aiming to use artificial intelligence to improve telehealth, letters in fundraising, with another $48 million capital raise.

https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/27/k-health-raises-45-million-to-apply-ai-to-telemedicine/
Mar 02 2020

axialHealthcare has raised $16.5 million in new funding.  The company offers pain management solutions for members of health plans and others.

https://www.axialhealthcare.com/oak/
Mar 02 2020

Caravan Health, which helps ACOs with implementation services, has acquired Wellpepper, which offers patient engagement services.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/aco-implementation-program-caravan-health-looks-digital-acquisition-wellpepper
Feb 27 2020

Ribbon Health puts a bow on some additional financing, securing a fresh $10 million for its service of helping patients identify and select patients, as best I can tell.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/26/andreessen-makes-ribbon-health-the-first-investment-from-its-750-million-new-healthcare-fund/
Feb 25 2020

Sharecare has a vision, or is it a hallucination, and acquired Visualize Health.  The former is the ubiquitous digital health engagement platform and the latter helps providers catch gaps in care that are called for by quality measures.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/sharecare-acquires-visualize-health
Feb 25 2020

Health Catalyst, the publicly-held vendor of data warehousing and analytics services for providers, is acquiring Able Health, which automates the calculation of certain quality and other measures, for $27 million.

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/health-catalyst-acquires-able-health-27-million
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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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